#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 jmr@macports.org): I'd prefer something like _resources so that it's visible. Replying to [comment:9 raimue@…]:

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.

OK, but what happens in the case of multiple sources where not all of them have portgroup/mirror_sites/etc files because they expect them to be supplied by base? Is there a way of doing The Right Thing with fallbacks and not getting e.g. some modified version of a portgroup from one source when you really want the standard one from another source? -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/14553#comment:11> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS