[MacPorts] #66537: Add a field to port information that specifies whether that port is distributed as a binary or requires a lengthy rebuild

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#66537: Add a field to port information that specifies whether that port is
distributed as a binary or requires a lengthy rebuild
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  Reporter:  esbugz       |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  base         |    Version:  2.8.0
Resolution:               |   Keywords:
      Port:               |
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Comment (by ryandesign):

 Replying to [comment:5 esbugz]:
 > stored in the local database

 If you were referring to the ports.macports.org web site, then yes, I
 believe it does have a database that is populated by first updating the
 PortIndex and then parsing it somehow. The web site also contains
 information that didn't come from the PortIndex, like livecheck
 information; the web site periodically runs `port livecheck` on every port
 (performing an http(s) request for each one) to update that information.
 Yes, presumably a similar process could be used to perform http(s)
 requests for each port for each OS version and architecture, periodically,
 to see if a binary archive exists on the server. (Bear in mind that there
 are currently 30,000 ports ⨉ 21 OS version/architecture combinations on
 which MacPorts works, so that would be a lot of http(s) requests.) If you
 would like to suggest that as a feature request for the ports.macports.org
 web site, that would be handled at https://github.com/macports/macports-
 webapp/issues.

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