> This could be very valuable, if it was determined that what most think is an > obscure port was heavily used, it could be looked at more closely, and > perhaps made as perfect as could be as far as ease of install, up to > date'ness etc. Yep ...
> My gut tells me Apache, php, and MySql are at the top, but who knows, that > could be completely wrong. Who knows... > * Maybe it would be possible to log install failures as well, if a port is > seen as failing in high percentages, and the stats were of course public, > someone could then preemptively look at the port and possibly fix it before > the problem even hits the mailing lists or bug tracker. Exactly. I see that I hit a nerve with this post. :) But well, if there is no support build into port at the moment I guess this might be quite a task... But I figure it might be worth the effort, because it would really be a good guide for MacPorts' maintainers and admins. _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-dev
