[MacPorts] #44882: [developer] kdelibs4 4.14/git/master portfile and directory

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#44882: [developer] kdelibs4 4.14/git/master portfile and directory
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  Reporter:  rjvbertin@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports        |    Version:
Resolution:               |   Keywords:  haspatch
      Port:  kdelibs4     |
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Comment (by rjvbertin@…):

 First off, and I'm sorry if that wasn't clear, this is NOT a submission
 for a new port, or for an upgrade of an existing port to be included in an
 upcoming release. I've uploaded it hoping to help others working on KDE on
 OS X, allowing them to grab the port directory from here, install it in
 their local port registry and then use it. That's why I labelled it as an
 enhancements instead of a If there's a more appropriate place to put this
 kind of thing online I'm happy to use that, but in the meantime I thought
 there's little harm putting it here.

 This "special status" is why I took the liberty to deviate from
 conventions/dogma.

 - I kept a number of settings that aren't used for git Portfiles;
 outcommented others : I didn't want to change the portfile too much,
 allowing for easy-enough reverting to a stable release version.
 - The revision number is indeed the date of the commit expected in the
 local git clone. The result is that the copy of the clone that MacPorts
 makes has an invariant name. I find that makes for an easier workflow if
 you're making modifications in the local git clone and then copy them into
 MacPort's copy before rebuilding.
 - That local git clone. Remember that this is a port aimed at other
 developers. Indeed I could have put a reference to the remote repo there,
 but one way or another those other developers are probably going to want
 change it for a reference to their own local git clone ... so I put in a
 reference to a reasonable location.
 - no_root variant: not mine. It must have been in the original kdelibs4
 portfile. I did add a +nostrip variant, which I *could* have made the
 default given this is a developers portfile...
 - startupitem.install: idem, not mine.
 - variant definition syntax: again, it's the syntax I copied from the
 portfiles I work(ed) off. I agree it's not a very clean syntax, but wasn't
 even aware there's a cleaner way to do things. (Or, IIRC, I tried at some
 point and the variant wasn't picked up so I went back to the current
 redundant way.)

 So to answer Ryan's question: I'm not particularly expecting you (plural)
 to decide anything. I think trac is a place with resources for MacPorts
 developers, and this is just that.
 BTW, I presume attachments can be added/replaced by others too, or is that
 something only the submitter can do (just like permissions for changing
 things like keywords are reserved to ... admins)?

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/44882#comment:9>
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