On Mar 12, 2011, at 19:59, Joshua Root wrote:
> On 2011-3-13 10:18 , Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>
>> On Mar 12, 2011, at 17:12, Rainer Müller wrote:
>>
>>> Splitting options is not the way we usually do it. For example, we set
>>> distname and extract.suffix which influence distfiles. We do not set
>
On 2011-3-13 10:18 , Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
> On Mar 12, 2011, at 17:12, Rainer Müller wrote:
>
>> Splitting options is not the way we usually do it. For example, we set
>> distname and extract.suffix which influence distfiles. We do not set
>> distfiles and split distname and extract.suffix out a
On Mar 12, 2011, at 16:58, Jeremy Lavergne wrote:
> How does base/Tcl handle the concept of defaults?
>
> Is it done by simply seeing if the value is set in the Portfile? Does it then
> check if the value is different?
MacPorts uses the "options"/"default" mechanism. Certain variables like epo
On Mar 12, 2011, at 17:12, Rainer Müller wrote:
> On 2011-03-12 23:53 , Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> Also, consider that there are ports that set their version based on
>> other variables, for example based on ${svn.revision}. I don't
>> personally like it when ports do that -- I like the version fi
On 2011-03-12 23:53 , Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>> We should probably continue to try to keep the epoch line *above*
>>> the version line, since it has a *higher* precedence for MacPorts
>>> than the version or revision. Placing it below the version line
>>> gives it the impression of having a lower pre
> We also don't currently list the epoch, in the vast majority of ports. Sounds
> like you're suggesting we always list the epoch, even when it's its default
> value of 0. Possibly you're also saying we should always list the revision,
> even when it's its default value of 0. I think it's nice w
On Mar 12, 2011, at 08:28, mn...@macports.org wrote:
> Revision: 76897
> http://trac.macports.org/changeset/76897
> Author: mn...@macports.org
> Date: 2011-03-12 06:28:43 -0800 (Sat, 12 Mar 2011)
> Log Message:
> ---
> Vidala: update homepage and livecheck
You also changed
On Mar 12, 2011, at 12:06, rai...@macports.org wrote:
> Revision: 76912
> http://trac.macports.org/changeset/76912
> Author: rai...@macports.org
> Date: 2011-03-12 10:06:25 -0800 (Sat, 12 Mar 2011)
> Log Message:
> ---
> devel/bzr-svn: Switch to python27, add patch for bzrli
Joshua Root wrote:
>> Everything else aside, this seems to be good impetus to provide binary
>> packages.
>
> Lack of a good reason has never been what stopped this from happening...
Did you want to start including @pkgdep and the pkg command ?
Or was there every any further plans to use "real
