[MacPorts] #39886: Make depends_run yelp a variant for gnome apps?
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#39886: Make depends_run yelp a variant for gnome apps?
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Reporter: c.herbig@… | Owner: macports-tickets@…
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: yelp |
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Comment (by evanmiller):
I'd like to revisit this issue. As of this writing, 44 ports depend on
yelp at run-time:
https://ports.macports.org/port/yelp/details/
{{{webkit2-gtk}}} is a massive dependency for otherwise small Gnome apps,
and not available at all on PPC. PSPP works around the issue by providing
a {{{+help}}} variant.
Maybe as a first step we could corral all the apps that require {{{yelp}}}
into a PortGroup and then decide what the system-wide behavior should be.
I personally would prefer some {{{notes}}} informing users that if they'd
like an in-application Help menu, they will need to {{{port install
yelp}}}. (This would only be displayed to users without Yelp already
installed.) But we can settle on that later after getting the PG
assembled.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/39886#comment:7>
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