On May 8, 2021, at 13:40, Ken Cunningham wrote:
> Sat am ponder:
>
> I just updated python and saw the note displayed to select a python if you
> want it the default.
>
> However we/I spend lots of time undoing this kind of thing, asking people to
> unselect everything, when their builds inevitably fail.
>
> Perhaps this note might be considered not so helpful then, as we actually
> don’t want people (for the most part) to select anything.
>
> And now back to your regularly scheduled programming…
The wording of the message (of every port that can be selected, not just
python) could be improved. It currently starts with "To make this the default
Python", perhaps implying that the user *should* do this or that the
installation is incomplete without doing this. It might be better if it started
with "If you would like to make this the default Python", hopefully better
conveying the truth that the user *can* do this but does not need to.
MacPorts offers and supports the select mechanism. If any ports fail to build
when something has been selected, that is a bug in the port that should be
fixed.
