volatile variants (was Re: Gimp 2.6 & Pango 1.8 : no font rendering)

[Jeremy Huddleston]

I think it might be wise to create a list of such volatile variants  
(system_x11, universal, no_x11, etc) and mention them to users in the  
install guide, so they can make decisions about them before it's too  
late.

Also, this brings up a point that has been bothering me for a while.   
Why do we have so many variants for what should really be a single  
binary decision: +x11, +no_x11, +quartz, +no_quartz, +aqua

On Apr 14, 2009, at 16:16, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

>
> On Apr 13, 2009, at 22:45, David Evans wrote:
>
>> I suspect that a  number of the reports of GOffice and other apps  
>> not working correctly no_x11/quartz is due to the same problem of  
>> mixing X11
>> and no_x11 in the same instance of MacPorts -- not realistic to  
>> think that you can do this and have the right selection of ports/ 
>> variants
>> active at any given point in time.
>
> Probably true. The other point is that some users may not be  
> intending to mix and match, yet may not realize that by the time  
> they choose to use quartz and no_x11 they may already have ports  
> installed for which that choice should have been made. Hence, the  
> recommendation is that you must make the choice to use quartz and  
> no_x11 before you have installed any ports, and if you have  
> installed any ports, you should remove them, then set the default  
> variants, or else as David said, install a new MacPorts to a new  
> prefix where you set the default variants and then install your ports.
>
>
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