db, there is a tool that does what you want for gentoo ; perhaps you might be 
interested in modifying it to work on MacPorts log files...

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Genlop

> On Oct 27, 2017, at 6:07 AM, Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Oct 27, 2017, at 08:00, db wrote:
>> 
>> I still think some indication of build time is useful, for example, 
>> _relative_ to other ports that I might estimate or know its build time.
> 
> I understand you think it's useful. I still don't think we have the 
> information available. The time taken to build port "X" may have been long 
> because other VMs running on the same host were busy at the time, while the 
> time taken to build port "Y" may have been short because other VMs were not 
> busy. Also, although I don't plan to do this often, I did move the Sierra VM 
> from the fastest host to a slower host to make room for High Sierra on the 
> fastest host, so Sierra build times from before that move are not directly 
> comparable to build times from after the move.
> 
>> For how long is build information retained, like in 
>> https://build.macports.org/builders/ports-10.13_x86_64-builder/builds/10627 ?
> 
> We keep information about the last 10,000 builds.
> 

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