#14553: RFE: Move portgroups into the ports tree ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: raimue@macports.org | Owner: raimue@macports.org Type: enhancement | Status: assigned Priority: Normal | Milestone: MacPorts base enhancements Component: ports | Version: 1.6.0 Resolution: | Keywords: portgroups Port: | ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Comment(by raimue@macports.org): In my opinion the port groups are part of the inidividual ports tree they are made for. They are necessary to build the ports in this tree and should be distributed with this tree. I already implemented a way to find the resources/config/metadata (whatever we want to call it) directory for a ports tree on the [source:branches/variant-descs-14482 variant- descs-14482 branch]. This way it would also be possible to use port groups in external third- party trees. For example, you can also add an older version of a port using an older version of a port group into their own tree, without any conflicts to the official tree. My intention is that they should be synced from the same URL. A possible solution would be to create dports/ports/ and dports/resources/ to separate them both. Just as a side note, originally I thought about distributing port groups as ports, but that creates a chicken and egg problem. A Portfile can't add a dependency on another port providing the group, because the Portfile cannot be parsed successfully without the group. So the only way to distribute it within the tree is to designate a special directory there. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/14553#comment:9> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS