Re: Dependencies on non-default variants (was: GSoC 2019 [Collect build statistics])

2019-03-25 Thread Craig Treleaven
Mojca: I apologize for the length of this and for continuing to hammer on this issue but I think this is important. I support the idea of a modern web app to bring together all the relevant information for a port that potential users of MacPorts need in order to assess if they want to install

Re: Dependencies on non-default variants (was: GSoC 2019 [Collect build statistics])

2019-03-25 Thread Mojca Miklavec
Dear Craig, > As you said, people have looked at this problem and not found a workable > solution. Personally I never did spend any effort into fixing this, partially probably also because it doesn't affect any ports that I use or maintain. > It may be a _long_ time before a “proper” solution

Re: Dependencies on non-default variants (was: GSoC 2019 [Collect build statistics])

2019-03-24 Thread Craig Treleaven
> On Mar 24, 2019, at 4:05 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > > On Sun, 24 Mar 2019 at 19:55, Craig Treleaven wrote: >>> On Mar 24, 2019, at 1:09 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: >>> On Sun, 24 Mar 2019 at 01:06, Craig Treleaven wrote: There are a number of ports that require a dependency to be