On 06/30/2010 07:09 PM, Michael Dickens wrote: > I think my changes to the qt4-* series are almost stabilized; one reason > there have been so many issues is because Qt is so large in size and > takes so long to compile (~2 hours on my 2.6 GHz MacBook Pro) -- & hence > some changes were done by "winging it" (and, those I messed up were > certainly "my bad"). I added a "no_debug" variant since it turned out > to be simple, and there are already variants for "no_examples" and > "no_demos" ... but none are defaults -- the users has to specifically > "opt out" of each. This behavior is in place for backwards > compatibility with prior versions of the qt4-* Portfiles. The question > has been raised as to why those aren't the defaults, as they typically > are in other ports -- i.e., do the minimum unless the user wants > otherwise. Making them the defaults would also cut down on install time > for many (most?) users (who don't care about example, demos, or > debugging; they just want Qt to work as release). Unless someone can > convince me otherwise, I'm inclined to make them the defaults. Thanks > for your thoughts! - MLD
Instead of making these default variants, rename them to +demo, +examples etc. That would make more sense. Rainer _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-dev
