On Mar 18, 2014, at 3:57 PM, Eric A. Borisch <[email protected]> wrote:
> However, perhaps we should take a page from their book. Look at the homebrew
> homepage (http://brew.sh/)
>
> * It would be nice a similar minimalist, "here is what macports does for
> you" landing page.
> * A one line copy-and-paste install option to get a new user going would be
> nice, too. It could check for and prompt the user for XCode, etc before
> actually installing. I assume this is what theirs does.
> * A simple 'port create <url>' that would create a "typical" Portfile
> (configure / make / make install) in a auto-generated local location (and
> properly setup sources.conf) and then open the new portfile in Editor
> (perhaps with some helpful comments on things that might need tweaking)
I personally think this is a great idea. Not that I am in a position to enact
such an idea :-)
> I also don't think we've done enough to publicize the phenomenal impact the
> build bots have on a "typical install scenario" -- and to emphasize the "you
> need to use the defaults" if you want binary package usage.
Agreed.
-landonf
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