Hi Buchan,
I note that packaging of Xymon for other operating systems usually takes the other route, 'xymon-client' for the client part, and 'xymon' for the server (either including the client bits or depending on xymon-client).
Indeed but in macports it looks like the port names have a "-server" suffix for server part: mysql5 and mysql5-server : http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=mysql5 clamav and clamav-server : http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=clamav
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If there are no differences either way, it might be better to provide be consistent for users across platforms.
You're right it might be better to have consistent naming across platforms but changing the name has an impact on the port file. Feel free to propose a Portfile patch to the macports community (documentation is here: http://guide.macports.org/#project.update-policies).
I don't have commit privileges so you'll need to create a trac ticket (http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets) to get your changes accepted by the macports commiters.
BTW., we any patches required (so far)? If so, please submit them.
I've submitted 3 patchs the 16th Nov in the Xymon-developer mailing list.
Regards, Buchan
Regards, Francois.