On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 08:36:06PM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
There are currently over 300 ocaml packages in devel/I would like to create a new "ocaml" category and move them all into a top level "ocaml" directory. Questions: 0) If I am not mistaken, all that needs to be done to create the new category is to create the "ocaml" directory. Is there any file etc. that needs updating?
Yes, but Git ignores empty directories, so just move Portfiles over and modify the categories lines.
1) I believe it would be appropriate to do the move with a single git commit. Is this correct? 2) Should I explicitly add the "ocaml" category to the categories line of all these packages at the same time? Or should that be a distinct commit?
Yes, or else `port lint` will throw an error. e.g. Error: Portfile parent directory mail does not match primary category net
3) Many of the packages list themselves as being in an "ml" category. Given that OCaml really isn't standard ML at all, I'm thinking of removing that category from them. Is that okay? Note that a lot of these packages are crusty/old/don't build any more, but I'll be fixing that over a long period of time. Perry -- Perry E. Metzger [email protected]
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