On 2017-10-8 08:56 , Kurt Hindenburg wrote:
Hello, from the guide and the source code, it appears that the Portfile platforms variable is not used at all. As such, I’m unclear why lint says it is an error to not have it. Regardless, if there’s no use for it now or in the future, I could put together a PR to remove it from base. Then at a later time, it could be removed from Portfiles.
It is informational like several other variables such as categories. It has been proposed to extend platforms to indicate which OS version a port does and does not work on, and use that to skip builds on the buildbot as well as replace all the manual 'return -code error "This port doesn't work on Tiger"' sort of stuff.
- Josh
