#39897: Add 'optional' or 'recommended' metadata tags to portfile spec. --------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: c.herbig@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: Port: | --------------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by egall@…): Replying to [comment:4 ryandesign@…]:
I like the idea of allowing ports to recommend additional ports. I can think of numerous places where this could be employed. mysql55 could recommend installing mysql55-server. php55 could recommend installing php55-apache2handler. graphviz could recommend installing graphviz-gui.
Also along these lines, Python could recommend installing py-tkinter and py-gdbm ^(this recently came up in IRC because a user had installed python33 and was confused why IDLE wasn't starting)^, and qt4-mac could recommend installing one of the qt4 database plugins ^(like the sqlite3 one: see #39803 for more on that)^. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/39897#comment:14> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X