#27709: revtex: version bump -------------------------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: nickolas.fotopoulos@… | Owner: dports@… Type: update | Status: assigned Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.9.2 Keywords: | Port: revtex -------------------------------------------+-------------------------------- Comment(by nickolas.fotopoulos@…): Replying to [comment:7 dports@…]:
Replying to [comment:5 nickolas.fotopoulos@…]:
Replying to [comment:4 ram@…]:
An option could be to make the `revtex` port a stub and mark it `replaced_by texlive_publishers`?
That would satisfy the discoverability criterion, but it does add extra maintenance burden should dports want to keep the version number up to date, which I'd encourage him to do. Also, is it common to leave obsolete ports lying around forever merely for advertising a subset of another port?
When we mark one port as replaced_by another, we need to keep the portfile stub around -- usually for a year or so -- so that users who have the old port installed will see that it has been replaced rather than simply gone missing.
In such a case we wouldn't keep the version number up to date.
I think this is the best solution, even without the version information. I'd also advocate keeping the stub as long as possible, purely for discoverability. dports, are you willing to do this or shall I figure out the replaced_by business? (Also, even in the revtex stub, I'd bump to 4-1 nominal version number anyway, to at least advertise the correct current version in texlive-publishers.) Many thanks. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/27709#comment:8> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS