*_select's

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Nov 29, 2008, at 16:50, Neil wrote:

> Side note: I think we need a perl_select, and a ruby_select as well  
> soon.

and a php_select
maybe a mysql_select? the mysql ports employ a bit of a different  
solution to the problem of simultaneous installation of multiple  
versions... in fact, a solution that doesn't work:

http://trac.macports.org/ticket/4115


> After thought: Maybe we should consolidate all the *_selects in  
> something akin to eselect on Gentoo?


For those of us not familiar with gentoo, how does eselect work?