On Dec 12, 2016, at 23:02, Marko Käning <mk-macpo...@posteo.net> wrote: > > Hi MacPorts core devs, > > I was wondering whether it is possible to configure the buildbots in such a > way > that they can observe if a just rebuilt port is a dependency of other ports > which > haven’t been built successfully yet. If such a case is met it could trigger a > rebuild-cascade which makes sure that all those already failed ports waiting > for > their dependency to appear will (hopefully) also succeed in building. > > I admit, that this might be a bit dangerous, as it could trigger > (unexpectedly) > rebuild avalanches, but I thought it would be neat to have… > > Greets, > Marko > > > P.S.: Should I create a trac ticket for this, or does something like that > exist > as a planned feature or is it perhaps even already implemented in > MacPorts?
Certainly I can see situations where that would be helpful. To my knowledge, there's nothing in the code at present to do that.
