Hi all,
I'd like to write about what we've accomplished so far in this project,
with my mentors Marcus (mcalhoun) and Clemens (cal/neverpanic).
The project's focus is to provide a smoother experience of using MacPorts
without Xcode.
1. Opened PR for better handling of Xcode dependency [1]
In addition to the port 1.0 PortGroup, maintainers can declare Xcode
dependency using a new Portfile option use_xcode. Unless ports declare
Xcode dependency:
- Prefer Command Line Tools instead of Xcode by setting the DEVELOPER_DIR
environment.
- Hide the Xcode installation when building with trace mode, so MacPorts
can fail builds for ports that actually need Xcode but are not declared as
such. This will help maintainers identify Xcode dependency.
Also, error out when users try to install Xcode-dependent ports without
installing Xcode.
2. New command `port bump` to easily bump checksums of a port [2,3]
More features are planned such as @version, --livecheck, and Git actions
Please check it out, any input is appreciated. Shoutout to my mentors (and
Mojca for reminding me to write to the mailing list).
Thank you.
[1] https://github.com/macports/macports-base/pull/130
[2] https://github.com/macports/macports-base/pull/120
[3] https://github.com/macports/macports-base/pull/127
