[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 esbugz):

 Replying to [comment:6 ryandesign]:
 > Any locally-stored information would be out-of-date.
 > A binary could have been produced on the build servers between the time
 that your local database was updated and the time that you asked whether a
 binary archive of a port was available.

 Nothing `selfupdate` couldn't fix


 > And if one were to be created for this purpose, there is no server-side
 source of information from which that database could be populated.

 ??? The list of prebuilt binaries located on the server is the source of
 information

 > Most users receive a PortIndex that was created on our servers.

 Exactly, and your servers have information about what prebuilt binaries
 they host, so they can add that information to the index synced with the
 users' machines


 > 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

 Why would you need to a gazillion of individual http requests instead of:
   - (full rebuild) simply making the server produce a recursive list of
 all the prebuilt binaries it hosts, and then refreshing the database
   - on every upload/removal of a prebuilt binary to the server you could
 get this log info and similarly update the database

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/66537#comment:9>
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