Restructuring Python ports?

[Bryan Blackburn]

On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 11:58:41AM -0800, Neil said:
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> 
> Why not just take advantage of variants?
> 
> We could have python##, with three variants:
> minimal: just the basic python stuff (ie. python-core)
> normal: most, but not all, of the dependencies, as in FreeBSD
> full: a full standard installation, with all deps
> 
> And then just make the normal variant the default.

The problem with using variants is two-fold: one, you can't depend on
variants currently [1]; and two, if someone installs python without what
they need, they need to completely rebuild the port with the new variant,
instead of just adding the other bits later.

Bryan

[1] - <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/126>