Mac Science Collaboration group

[Ryan Schmidt]

On May 11, 2009, at 16:53, Darren Weber wrote:

> Not clear on the mechanics of meta-ports (maybe they contain tcl  
> code with exec's to call port for installations of ports and all  
> the variants required).

Ports should not exec port to install ports. Meta-ports just declare  
dependencies on some set of ports without themselves installing (m) 
any files (a port must however install at least 1 file or the  
destroot explodes; meta-ports thus often install just a readme).


> The idea of a science milestone might work in trac (but maybe  
> raises issues of conflicts about whether port tickets can tag  
> multiple milestones).

I don't believe a ticket can have multiple milestones, and I don't  
think we should have milestones specific to certain groups of ports.