#33064: port new actions: active, inactive -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Reporter: and.damore@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.0.3 Keywords: haspatch base | Port: bash-completion -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Comment(by jmr@…): People get confused enough about the difference between pseudo-ports and actions already. I don't think there is sufficient value in adding more actions just so you can avoid typing "echo". -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/33064#comment:2> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS

#33064: port new actions: active, inactive -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Reporter: and.damore@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.0.3 Keywords: haspatch | Port: bash-completion -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Changes (by ryandesign@…): * keywords: haspatch base => haspatch * component: ports => base Comment: But that's just it: the outdated action is not the same as the echo action. "port outdated" (which is a shortcut for "port outdated outdated") does not produce the same output as "port echo outdated". You're suggesting we provide a shortcut for "port echo active", but it's just as likely that I'd want to see the output of "port installed active" instead. I don't think it makes sense to add a shortcut for one and not the other. Remember also that we can now use the shortest unambiguous name for a command, so I can type "port ac" to activate a port: {{{ $ sudo port ac vobcopy @1.2.0_0+universal ---> Computing dependencies for vobcopy ---> Deactivating vobcopy @1.2.0_1+universal ---> Activating vobcopy @1.2.0_0+universal ---> Cleaning vobcopy }}} With your patch, this case would no longer work; I would instead get: {{{ $ sudo port ac vobcopy @1.2.0_0+universal Ambiguous action "ac": could be any of {activate active}. }}} So for all these reasons I agree with jmr that we should not implement this suggestion. If we were to implement the suggestion, remember that we have a third pseudo-port: actinact, which shows ports which have both an active and at least one inactive version installed. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/33064#comment:4> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS

#33064: port new actions: active, inactive --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: and.damore@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.0.3 Resolution: invalid | Keywords: haspatch Port: bash-completion | --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Changes (by and.damore@…): * status: new => closed * resolution: => invalid Comment: Closed as invalid. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/33064#comment:7> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS