Re: platforms

2018-03-25 Thread Rainer Müller
On 2018-03-24 13:54, Jan Starý wrote: > The 'platforms' field of a Portfile is currently > both _required_ and _ignored_. By the Guide, > > A list of the platforms on which the port has been tested. > Required, but not interpreted in any way by the software >

Re: platforms

2018-03-25 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Mar 25, 2018, at 01:49, Jan Stary wrote: > On Mar 24 14:14:37, Mojca wrote: >> On 24 March 2018 at 13:54, Jan Starý wrote: >>> The 'platforms' field of a Portfile is currently >>> both _required_ and _ignored_. By the Guide, >>> >>>A lis

Re: platforms

2018-03-25 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 25 March 2018 at 08:49, Jan Stary wrote: > On Mar 24 14:14:37, mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> We currently have this ticket high on our priority list: >> https://trac.macports.org/ticket/15712 > > That's ten years old, and "there's no code written yet" > as of 13 days ago.

Re: platforms

2018-03-25 Thread Jan Stary
On Mar 24 14:14:37, mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com wrote: > On 24 March 2018 at 13:54, Jan Starý wrote: > > The 'platforms' field of a Portfile is currently > > both _required_ and _ignored_. By the Guide, > > > > A list of the platforms on whi

Re: platforms

2018-03-24 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Mar 24, 2018, at 08:14, Mojca Miklavec wrote: >> I propose that the 'platforms' field be no longer required >> if it is ignored, and if it stays, let it be a free form text, >> as opposed to a predefined definitive list of all unixes. > > We'll need it to speci

Re: platforms

2018-03-24 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 24 March 2018 at 13:54, Jan Starý wrote: > The 'platforms' field of a Portfile is currently > both _required_ and _ignored_. By the Guide, > > A list of the platforms on which the port has been tested. > Required, but not interpreted in any way

platforms

2018-03-24 Thread Jan Starý
The 'platforms' field of a Portfile is currently both _required_ and _ignored_. By the Guide, A list of the platforms on which the port has been tested. Required, but not interpreted in any way by the software at this time; it is purely informational for users. Also