Opened 21 years ago

Last modified 15 years ago

#421 closed enhancement

Feature request: bug and user_notes keywords — at Version 7

Reported by: gwright@… Owned by: darwinports-bugs@…
Priority: Normal Milestone: MacPorts 1.8.0
Component: base Version:
Keywords: Cc: waqar@…
Port:

Description (last modified by jmpp@…)

In my portfiles I use two keywords to give the maintainer and user some useful information. For now, I comment them out. The keywords are 'bugs' and 'user_notes'.

'bugs' is intended to tell the maintainer about infelicities in the port. This might include delicate hacks needed to get it running or unsupported features.

'user_notes' is usually a reminder that the user has to do something to get the expected behavior, like set an enviroment variable. It can also warn of pitfalls for the unwary.

The 'user_notes' variable could be displayed at the end of installation from the command line, or in a text window from the GUI version. Maintainers (and other knowledgable users) can be expected to grep for 'bugs', but it might be nice if the GUI supported display of the 'bugs' value for advanced users.

These seem to be both useful and unlikely to break anything. Could they be added to the port system?

Change History (7)

comment:1 Changed 21 years ago by kevin@…

Owner: changed from kevin@… to darwinports-bugs@…

comment:2 Changed 20 years ago by waqar@…

Cc: waqar@… added

comment:3 Changed 19 years ago by toby@…

Component: dportsbase

comment:4 Changed 18 years ago by markd@…

Type: defectenhancement

comment:5 Changed 17 years ago by pipping@…

Milestone: MacPorts 1.5

comment:6 Changed 17 years ago by nox@…

Cc: waqar@… added; waqar@… removed
Priority: ExpectedNormal
Version: 1.0

comment:7 Changed 16 years ago by jmpp@…

Description: modified (diff)
Milestone: MacPorts 1.5MacPorts base enhancements
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