submission: auto-multiple-choice-devel @1.1.1.1294 Design of MCQ tests with automated correction and grading

[nortcele]

Here is a port file to build Auto Multiple Choice directly from the developer's subversion depot.

An auto-multiple-choice port build on the 1.1.1 version of Auto Multiple Choice is allready available in MacPorts. The developer version use a more recent code base that solve important problems.

To function, this port depends on ports that need to be updated:

• p5-class-load (ticket #37752),
• p5-email-mime (itcket #37779).

It depends on port to be added to MacPorts:

• p5-email-abstract (ticket #37753),
• p5-role-tiny (ticket #37754),
• p5-moo (ticket #37755),
• p5-moox-types-mooselike (ticket #37756),
• p5-strictures (ticket #37757),
• p5-throwable (ticket #37758),
• p5-email-sender (ticket #37759).

This port was tested with OS X 10.8.2, XCode 4.6, MacPorts 2.1.2.

[nortcele]

Cc Me!

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Thanks. Some comments:

• The modeline and $Id$ lines should not be removed (see "port lint"); the port should conform to the modeline (you've added some lines whose whitespace does not conform)
• The maintainer line should not be removed (see "port lint"). Please indicate who the maintainer will be. If there will not be a maintainer, use "nomaintainer". It would be advantageous to have the same person(s) maintaining auto-multiple-choice and auto-multiple-choice-devel; Denis, are you willing to do so?
• If you're going to be calling gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders in post-activate, you should have gdk-pixbuf2 in depends_run
• Could you explain the reasons behind changing from GraphicsMagick to ImageMagick?
• I'd be in favor of simplifying the pre-build block to just:

  pre-build {
      system -W ${worksrcpath} "${build.cmd} version_files"
  }
  

[nortcele]

Replying to ryandesign@…:

Thanks. Some comments:

• The modeline and $Id$ lines should not be removed (see "port lint"); the port should conform to the modeline (you've added some lines whose whitespace does not conform)

I put back the original lines from auto-multiple-choice port file and hope to have correct whitespaces now.

• The maintainer line should not be removed (see "port lint"). Please indicate who the maintainer will be. If there will not be a maintainer, use "nomaintainer". It would be advantageous to have the same person(s) maintaining auto-multiple-choice and auto-multiple-choice-devel; Denis, are you willing to do so?
• If you're going to be calling gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders in post-activate, you should have gdk-pixbuf2 in depends_run

Updated.

• Could you explain the reasons behind changing from GraphicsMagick to ImageMagick?

I can't remember exactly. It was a so long road for me (so many thinks to understand). The original dependence was on GaphicsMagick, but as I recall, the perl module wasn't working (or building or existent) so I changed to p5-perlmagick.

• I'd be in favor of simplifying the pre-build block to just:

  pre-build {
      system -W ${worksrcpath} "${build.cmd} version_files"
  }
  

Yes, it's really simpler. I changed it.

New version of port file coming. Thanks for your help.

[nortcele]

I tryed to install the port on OS X 10.7.5 after having uninstalled all ports. It failed when compiling parts with opencv dependencies. After updating Xcode to version 4.6 and uninstalled again all ports, the installation worked. I don't know if it is the appropriate place for such remarks.

[nortcele]

Update portfile to Auto-Multiple-Choice svn revision 1361. The port was tested with OS X 10.8.3, XCode 4.6.1, MacPorts 2.1.3. Tested also with OS X 10.7.5, XCode 4.6.1, MacPorts 2.1.3.

[nortcele]

Update portfile to Auto-Multiple-Choice 1.2.0 svn revision 1374. The port was tested with OS X 10.8.3, XCode 4.6.2, MacPorts 2.1.3. Tested also with OS X 10.7.5, XCode 4.6.2, MacPorts 2.1.3.

[nortcele]

auto-multiple-choice-devel portfile (1.2.1 svn revision 1451)

[nortcele]

This ticket could be closed as a developer version is not really needed. Local port version is enough.