RFE: rb-dbi / db-dbd-* 0.0.23 move to use variants instead of separate ports

[t.lucas@…]

Currently to install rb-dbi with extra database modules requires installing separate ports, i.e. db-dbd-mysql and rb-dbd-postgresql. Both of these ports do pretty much the same thing: add a dependency, and install rb-dbi with an extra configure line. The biggest problem is you can't have both the mysql and postgresql DBI drivers intalled at the same time. As there's other Ruby-DBI drivers too (like #11913) things would get worse as more drivers are added.

Wouldn't variants be a better solution?

port install rb-dbi +mysql +postgresql +odbc

[boeyms@…]

Reassign ticket to boeyms (myself) and add reporter, maintainer and myself to the Cc: field.

[boeyms@…]

The attached file is a suggested patch to rb-dbi that adds variants to it to address this ticket, which would make obsolete rb-dbd-mysql, rb-dbd-pg and #11913 submitted to create rb-dbd-odbc. It built successfully with +dbd_pg for me, but I was unable to test +dbd_mysql or +dbd_odbc as sources for some of their required dependencies were not available from the listed master_sites at the time of testing.

It is designed to be applied using -p0 from the dports directory.

[t.lucas@…]

Great, thanks! What's the best way to test this?

[boeyms@…]

I think the best way would be to create and use a local ports tree. I've just put some brief instructions on the MaintainingAPort wiki page; see how you go with those.

[t.lucas@…]

Hey I finally checked this out and they all work: mysql, odbc and postgresql. Thanks Boey. As far as I can tell this is good to be committed.

[boeyms@…]

Committed in r25233 as no correspondence has been received from the maintainer. Thanks for the report!