Info about port variants

[paul beard]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Rainer Müller <raimue at macports.org> wrote:

> Kendall Shaw wrote:
> > I think it would be nice if there was more than a token describing port
> > variants. For example, when I see the "server" variant of mysql5, I
> > don't know if that means some sort of bare-bones version, or if it means
> > that it's configured to start automatically. I gather it's the later,
> > but it would be nice to have it stated explicitly what it does.
>
> Usually, look at 'port variants $portname'. In case of mysql5, there is
> no variant description for +server, so you would have to look at the
> Portfile itself (in various ways, 'port (cat|file|edit) $portname') to
> find out more.
>

I get the feeling that MacPorts is becoming less friendly as it goes along.
Do any of these questions get re-factored into RFEs? Yes, I know it's a
volunteer project, but I have to think  that some of the questions are
pointing out some things that could be improved.

-- 
Paul Beard / www.paulbeard.org/
<paulbeard at gmail.com/paulbeard at gmail.com>
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