flagpoll Portfile for consideration in MacPorts

[Doug McCorkle]

On Jul 10, 2007, at 5:43 PM, Doug McCorkle wrote:

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> On Jul 10, 2007, at 8:19 AM, Doug McCorkle wrote:
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>> On Jul 10, 2007, at 1:36 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
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>>> On Jul 9, 2007, at 15:57, Doug McCorkle wrote:
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>>>> Attached is a Portfile for flagpoll https:// 
>>>> realityforge.vrsource.org/view/FlagPoll . Please let me know if  
>>>> there is anything else that needs to be done for its inclusion  
>>>> in MacPorts. Thanks.
>>>
>>> I think you should be using the python24 or python25 portgroup.  
>>> It would simplify the portfile.
>>>
>> I am still learning all the details of Portfiles so do not  
>> understand what a portgroup is. Could you provide more details on  
>> what I need to do to make flagpoll part of the python portgroup?
>>>

I found the man page that describes PortGroups but there is no  
description of what the Python PortGroups override. Is that  
documented anywhere?

>>> Also, we have a python category. Though there are ports that use  
>>> a python portgroup that aren't in the python category. I don't  
>>> use python software, so I'm not sure what the rules are there,  
>>> just wanted to point out that there is such a category. Ports in  
>>> that category should have names that begin with "py-" (for 2.4)  
>>> or "py25-" (for 2.5). Perhaps a MacPorts python user can provide  
>>> guidance on what needs to go in that category and what can be  
>>> elsewhere.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> OK. I am happy to change the category to whatever you think the  
>> best home for the port is.
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> I looked at pkgconfig today and it is stored in the devel category.

Doug

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