On Jan 12 11:12:17, rai...@macports.org wrote: > On 2018-01-11 22:22, Jan Stary wrote: > > On Jan 11 11:49:40, ken.cunningham.web...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I've been prospecting MacPorts errors reported by repology > >> <https://repology.org/maintainer/nomaintainer%40macports.org/problems>. A > >> common error is that the homepage 404s out. > >> > >> Many of these ports still work install correctly, but have no homepage, no > >> homepage can seem to be found, and there is none on archive.org. > >> > >> Rather than just have it error out forever, I made this page in the spirit > >> of the gentoo page: > >> > >> <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/NoHomePage> > > I like the idea of the placeholder wiki page with a detailed explanation. > > >> If that is acceptable, I'd like to use it, or some variation of it, for > >> ports like biggersql, for example, to fix some of these errors. > > > > What errors exactly will be "fixed" by that? > > It documents that the upstream homepage is gone for good. That helps to > understand this software is most likely a dead project.
Yes, but why set up a webpage for that? > >> PS : Personally, I think asking users for a new homepage, if there is one, > >> is better than just deleting the homepage variable requirement in > >> Portfiles. > > > > It might be useful to display a message when a port without a manpage is > > installed, saying something like you put on the page above, but shorter: > > > > $port does not have a manpage. > > Please let $maintainer know if you know where it is. > > This could add a lot of clutter, So, two lines saying "this port does not have a homepage" is "clutter", but an extra non-homepage is not? How is it not the exact opposite? > for example if a port is only installed as a dependency. What difference foes it make whether a port without a homepage is a dependency of something or not? > I think the port notes should only contain information > relevant to its usage. Why? No realy: why do you think the port's notes should _not_ mention that the port does not have a homepage (yet an extra non-homepage should be set up to say that)? Jan