[MacPorts] #39897: Add 'optional' or 'recommended' metadata tags to portfile spec.

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#39897: Add 'optional' or 'recommended' metadata tags to portfile spec.
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  Reporter:  c.herbig@…   |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  base         |    Version:
Resolution:               |   Keywords:
      Port:               |
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Comment (by larryv@…):

 Replying to [comment:12 c.herbig@…]:
 > A downside with using notes is that they don't show up in port info
 > NAME, so if the user misses the notes section after it is installed,
 > they might not know how to get back to see what it was.  This can
 > happen when they are installing a chain of ports and the notes gets
 > buried behind a lot of other messages, like the way that the notes for
 > dbus do.

 Admittedly true. There’s been [[ticket:24507|a ticket]] on this, as well
 as at least one
 [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.macports.user/31300/ absurdly
 convoluted mailing list discussion].

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