[MacPorts] #39886: Make depends_run yelp a variant for gnome apps?

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Tue Sep 21 13:06:40 UTC 2021


#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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