On Nov 17, 2012, at 14:40, Jack Howarth wrote: > On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 02:13:51PM -0600, Ryan Schmidt wrote: >> >> On Nov 17, 2012, at 10:48, Jack Howarth wrote: >> >>> It should have at the very least >>> converted the corefoundation variant into a no-corefoundation variant >> >> We do not use variants whose names begin with "no" anymore. We did that >> before MacPorts 2.0, because the old flat registry could only remember >> enabled variants, not disabled variants. But the new sqlite registry, which >> is the only registry format used with MacPorts 2.0 and later, remembers >> both. Any variants you find that are still named with a "no" prefix are >> relics and should be renamed / converted. >> >> From the user's perspective, instead of enabling a no_foo variant: >> >> sudo port install example +no_foo >> >> They should disable a foo variant: >> >> sudo port install example -foo > > The problem is that this is getting absurdly complex for the average user who > just want to install pymol. They have to puzzle out (without documentation) > that > 'sudo port install tk +x11' is required to have the pymol graphics window open > and 'sudo port install tcl -corefoundation' is required for the pymol tk gui > to open. Not exactly a user friendly packaging environment.
Yes. I don't disagree; it should be made to "just work" for users. I just wanted to give you a side explanation on variant naming. _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
