Re: feature suggestion: instructions for reporting build problems

2009-01-26 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Jan 26, 2009, at 16:10, John Joseph Bachir wrote: On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Perry Lee wrote: I like the idea of a message, though I'd suggest displaying it after a broken configure or broken build phase rather than including it in the output of `port info`. Even better. This

Re: feature suggestion: instructions for reporting build problems

2009-01-26 Thread John Joseph Bachir
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Perry Lee wrote: > I like the idea of a message, though I'd suggest displaying it after a > broken configure or broken build phase rather than including it in the > output of `port info`. > Even better. And now that I think of it -- my problem was because I need

Re: feature suggestion: instructions for reporting build problems

2009-01-26 Thread Perry Lee
On Jan 26, 2009, at 1:16 PM, John Joseph Bachir wrote: Perhaps such a message should be included in the output of `port info foo`? Something liek "Note: if you are having problems building a port, do not contact the maintainer directly-- it is better to first send email to the users list, o

feature suggestion: instructions for reporting build problems

2009-01-26 Thread John Joseph Bachir
I usually report build problems directly to the maintainer listed in `port info foo`. Recently, one of these maintainers brought it to my attention that it is probably more appropriate to report such things to the Users list, or on trac. I'm not active in the macports community so there is