handle only subports install files

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Mar 19, 2012, at 13:50, Joshua Root wrote:

>> It might be useful to have a "default_subport" directive. When a user tries to install a port that has subports, if default_subport is set, MacPorts installs that subport instead. Otherwise, MacPorts tells the user to select one of the subports to install.
> 
> Let's try to solve the problems with appropriate mechanisms, not just
> bash all the non-nails with our subport hammer.

It sounds like you think something I said was completely crazy, and I'm not sure what it is; I thought my suggestions were rather good and sane. What was it that you objected to? How would you approach the problem instead?