Dear Arghya,
I leave the more technical questions to Marcus; here are some of the
more general ones.
> But I'm not really sure what these distfiles are? Could someone elaborate
> on how distfiles are useful in a macports installation and when are they used?
Distfiles are package sources stored i
On Fri, 8 Mar 2019 at 15:45, Arjun Salyan wrote:
>
> I do not understand : "perhaps include some basic functionality to allow
> checking for build reproducibility".
>
> Please help me with that 'build reproducibility' point
Others sent you some links about what build reproducibility is, please
as
Also,On Mar 8, 2019 5:48 PM, Arghya Bhattacharya wrote:Greetings,
- Original Message -
From: "Mojca Miklavec"
To: "arghya bhattacharay"
Cc: "MacPorts Development" , "Marcus Calhoun-Lopez"
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2019 4:24:33 PM
Subject: Re: Discussion of idea: Auto-detecti
Hi,
On Fri, 8 Mar 2019 at 17:12, Craig Treleaven wrote:
>
> Have you seen the following wiki page?
>
> https://trac.macports.org/wiki/StatisticsIdeas
>
> There are some deficiencies in the current data collected. A key issue is
> whether a port was requested or installed as a dependency. That t
> On Mar 8, 2019, at 9:45 AM, Arjun Salyan via macports-dev
> wrote:
>
> Thank you Mojca.
>
> The provided references have cleared a lot of my doubts and I am really
> interested to do this project: 'Collect build statistics'
>
> Here is what I have understood so far:
> 1. dynamic page for ea
> On Mar 8, 2019, at 7:45 AM, Arjun Salyan via macports-dev
> wrote:
>
> Please help me with that 'build reproducibility' point and also how do I plan
> from here (I know Django, but I am still learning about MacPorts)?
There is a site on our Wiki on reproducible builds:
https://trac.macpor
Thank you Mojca.
The provided references have cleared a lot of my doubts and I am really
interested to do this project: 'Collect build statistics'
Here is what I have understood so far:
*1.* dynamic page for each port displaying basic information (description,
version etc.), installation stats, b
Greetings,
- Original Message -
From: "Mojca Miklavec"
To: "arghya bhattacharay"
Cc: "MacPorts Development" , "Marcus
Calhoun-Lopez"
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2019 4:24:33 PM
Subject: Re: Discussion of idea: Auto-detection of build dependencies
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