On Tuesday, March 18, 2014, Clemens Lang <<a href="mailto:cal@macports.org">cal@macports.org</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Also, we really need to work on the dependency calculation stuff to print a plan of action before starting and print progress information (building port x of y) while building.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I wrote a little script for myself that goes and queries <a href="http://packages.macports.org">packages.macports.org</a> and determines if a port will be built or use a package; it spits out a dot graph of dependencies colored by which is going to happen. Useful for giving a broad stroke view of how long an operation will take. I would think something similar would be nice to see when starting an operation...<span></span></div>
<div><br></div><div> - Eric</div>