#14482: RFE: Global variant descriptions (per source) -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Reporter: raimue@macports.org | Owner: raimue@macports.org Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: MacPorts base enhancements Component: ports | Version: 1.7.0 Keywords: variants descriptions | -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- There are variants which are used on multiple ports. To provide a consistent experience, these should get only one place for their description. Proposal: * Add a file ${sourcepath}/.config/variant_descriptions to each source * The file should be formatted in Tcl style as follows: {{{ name1 {The description of name1 variant} name2 {Insert description here} }}} * If no description was given in the Portfile itself, port variants will read this file (if present) and display the variant description from there * port lint should be tweaked to check for existance of global variant descriptions before spitting out warnings -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/14482> MacPorts </projects/macports> Ports system for Mac OS