> On Oct 19, 2016, at 4:50 AM, René J.V. Bertin <rjvber...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> It's not that uncommon that one includes a PortGroup that adds build settings 
> (e.g. to depends_lib) in a port where those settings are irrelevant and even 
> unwanted.

No, that situation should not be common, nor indeed present at all.


> For instance, a port providing translation files for a KDE port would 
> probably need to include a KDE PortGroup but doesn't need to depend on Qt.

I haven't looked at the kde portgroup specifically. Maybe the portgroup needs 
additional options to handle different types of ports (e.g. libraries vs. 
translation files), or maybe there need to be separate portgroup.

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