[MacPorts] #29935: Tidy installs Apache and PHP

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#29935: Tidy installs Apache and PHP
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  Reporter:  ldl@…              |       Owner:  ryandesign@…           
      Type:  defect             |      Status:  reopened               
  Priority:  Normal             |   Milestone:                         
 Component:  ports              |     Version:  1.9.2                  
Resolution:                     |    Keywords:                         
      Port:  php5-tidy          |  
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Comment(by ryandesign@…):

 What specifically would you like us to change?

 When you refer to the web site, I assume you mean
 http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=php5-tidy

 On that page it shows the port description ("a PHP interface to tidy, the
 HTML cleaning and repair utility") and lists its dependencies ("php5
 tidy") -- this means that as prerequisites it will install the ports php5
 and tidy.

 I agree the web site could be improved in many ways. But nobody has so far
 taken on this task. And the web site is not the primary means by which we
 expect users to discover about ports; users are expected to use the "port"
 command on the command line; commands like "port search", "port info",
 "port variants", "port deps", etc. provide more information than the web
 site does. The macports-users mailing list is a good place to ask any
 questions you may have about how to use MacPorts best.

 It seems your expectation is that MacPorts-installed software will
 integrate nicely with other software you have already installed outside of
 MacPorts. MacPorts is specifically designed not to do that, as explained
 in [wiki:FAQ#ownlibs], so that's not going to change.

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