#44700: Request: download-friendly installer package URLs -----------------------------+------------------------- Reporter: george@… | Owner: skarulkar@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: server/hosting | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: Port: | -----------------------------+------------------------- Comment (by george@…):
Do you really need symlinks or is having the current version available somewhere sufficient? Because the version is stored in rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/base/config/macports_version as well as being listed on the homepage.
Imho, implementation of the request is something the macports team and whoever is maintaining the site will have to decide. I can pitch in my 2 Saudi halala, but at the end of the day it is something you guys will have to be comfortable maintaining.
Also, is installing a different version depending on when you happened to install really the behaviour you want? That’s something we try hard to avoid in MacPorts.
We are talking about the macports installer version, given a certain major level of MacOSX, correct? Is it not the first thing a user does after installation of macports is selfupdate? That means that macports will always be updated, no matter what. In fact, I am scheduling macports to selfupdate; upgrade outdated every night at 2am. If we are talking about the version of a certain port, no problem: Ports that I need to pin, I just tell puppet to ensure they are at a certain version. (off-topic: Given a certain major os version, say 10.8, how sensitive is an installation of the same port to different versions of the installer, anyway?) -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/44700#comment:4> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X