Ports recommending other ports

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2009-02-09 13:10:06 +0100, Rainer Müller wrote:
> Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> > It might be nice if a port could recommend the user install another  
> > port in addition, via some new keyword. For example, graphviz could  
> > recommend the user install graphviz-gui as well. postgresql83 could  
> > recommend the user install postgresql83-server. port could output  
> > these recommendations at the end of the installation. ("You may wish  
> > to install graphviz-gui as well.") The advantage over just printing a  
> > message at post-install time would be that port or a MacPorts GUI  
> > could offer the user the choice to install those recommended ports  
> > too ("Would you like to install graphviz-gui now?") and could know to  
> > omit the suggestion if the suggested port is already installed.
> 
> This could become a useful future addition, as currently all port
> commands are non-interactive.

There could also be a config option to install recommendations by
default (like in Debian, which does in fact the opposite: an option
not to install the recommendations).

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