[140813] trunk/dports/science/OpenCoarrays/Portfile

[Bradley Giesbrecht]

> On Oct 3, 2015, at 2:44 PM, Clemens Lang <cal at macports.org> wrote:
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> ----- On 3 Oct, 2015, at 23:33, Bradley Giesbrecht pixilla at macports.org wrote:
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>> I understood that even with mpstatl installed it was still opt-in and the user
>> had to make a config change to actually report. Is my understanding incorrect?
> 
> mpstats uses startupitem.autoload to automatically start statistics reporting
> after installation. It sends reports on a random weekday on the hour and two
> minutes after you've installed it.
> 
> See also: $> port notes mpstats:
>  Installing this port automatically enables weekly reporting of data to the stats
>  server.  Uninstall or deactivate this port if you want to stop providing data to
>  MacPorts.

Thank you Clemens for the explantation. I read the Portfile and saw the startupitem.autoload which was a new control to me.

My concern is that since there is consensus that we should not report without user intention that a mistake like mine where I did not know mpstat used startupitem.autoload that one cannot easily fix the issue for anyone who installed before the problem was fixed. They now have mpstat.

I like that mpstat uses startupitem.autoload, I think it make the port simpler for those that want it.

Is there a macports mechanism for declaring a port cannot be a dependent?

—
Brad