change default variants to qt4-* ?

[Rainer Müller]

On 06/30/2010 07:09 PM, Michael Dickens wrote:
> I think my changes to the qt4-* series are almost stabilized; one reason
> there have been so many issues is because Qt is so large in size and
> takes so long to compile (~2 hours on my 2.6 GHz MacBook Pro) -- & hence
> some changes were done by "winging it" (and, those I messed up were
> certainly "my bad").  I added a "no_debug" variant since it turned out
> to be simple, and there are already variants for "no_examples" and
> "no_demos" ... but none are defaults -- the users has to specifically
> "opt out" of each.  This behavior is in place for backwards
> compatibility with prior versions of the qt4-* Portfiles.  The question
> has been raised as to why those aren't the defaults, as they typically
> are in other ports -- i.e., do the minimum unless the user wants
> otherwise.  Making them the defaults would also cut down on install time
> for many (most?) users (who don't care about example, demos, or
> debugging; they just want Qt to work as release).  Unless someone can
> convince me otherwise, I'm inclined to make them the defaults.  Thanks
> for your thoughts! - MLD

Instead of making these default variants, rename them to +demo,
+examples etc. That would make more sense.

Rainer