[MacPorts] #34900: mythtv-core.25

[Jeremy Huddleston]

On Jun 18, 2012, at 7:38 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:

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> On Jun 18, 2012, at 12:19, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
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>>> Umm, no?  Myth is really set up to build and install _all_ its software (ie frontend and backend);
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>> That's why you would have a variant.  Users who just want the frontend, don't want to build and install the backend.
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>>> it is up to the user to decide how they want to use that machine.
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>> Yeah, and if I don't want to use this machine as a backend, why do I need to waste my time building it ;)
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> Consider that the mysql55 port builds and installs the client and server even if the user only wants the client. the mysql55-server port only adds config files and directories set up with the right permissions.
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So in that model, the suggested mysql_server variant should really be a subport and not a variant.