Re: Proposal: Add "dummy" recipe type to Compile

On 6 February 2017 at 23:53, Lucas C. Villa Real <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 10:59 PM, Leviathanone <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> It would be very useful if makerecipe and compile could support "dummy"
>> recipes whose only purpose would be to install other software through the
>> dependency.
>
> Yes, something like a "recipe group" would be good to have. I have never
> felt like implementing it, but if other folks agree on the idea and are
> willing to implement it, then I will be happy to review and test the code.
>
> Hisham, Michael, any thoughts?

I'm fine with it, as long as it would _not_ produce an empty entry in /Programs.

Note that this is a bit similar to "requirements files"
https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide/#requirements-files (though
those affect dependency resolution in clever ways).

-- Hisham
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