I have a few questions to ask in relation to a series of Portfiles that I have created to support installing and running a map tile server for OpenStreetMaps [1].
[1]: https://switch2osm.org/serving-tiles/ The logical Portfiles: - libprotozero - library required by libosmium https://github.com/mapbox/protozero - libosmium - library required by osmium-tool https://github.com/osmcode/libosmium - osmium-tool - application required at runtime by mod_tile/renderd https://github.com/osmcode/osmium-tool - osmosis - Java application required at runtime by mod_tile/renderd https://github.com/openstreetmap/osmosis - openstreetmap-carto - style sheets used by mod_tile/renderd https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto - mod_tile/renderd - the OpenStreetMaps tile server https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mod_tile 1. Should I submit each Portfile in dependency order and await its acceptance before submitting the next in sequence, or submit them in dependency related batches in a single pull request? 2. The primary port is 'mod_tile' which contains an Apache module for serving the tiles and a 'renderd' daemon that renders and creates tile images based on requests from 'mod_tile'. Both artefacts are created in a single build. I have currently named the port 'renderd', but the project is commonly known as 'mod_tile'. Naming the port 'renderd' was the only way I could succeed in the 'renderd' startup item being loaded via the 'sudo port load ${subport}' command. Is there a better way of naming and creating this port, perhaps as subports? 3. Getting the tile server up and running requires quite a number of steps. I have created a shell script to largely automate the process. At runtime it uses scripts from both 'openstreetmap-carto' and 'mod_tile/renderd', so doesn't immediately sit comfortably being installed with either of them. Is it best to create a simple separate standalone port (without an upstream project), containing just the shell script, naming it something like 'osm-tile-server' and depending on the other two ports; or simply include it in one of the other ports with runtime checks for the existence of required executables with helpful error messages when they're absent? Many thanks, Frank
