[MacPorts] #19714: Gerris update

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#19714: Gerris update
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 Reporter:  dersh@…             |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  request             |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal              |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports               |     Version:  1.7.1                                
 Keywords:                      |        Port:  gerris                               
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

 * cc: ryandesign@… (added)


Comment:

 0.9.2 is the most recent version the developers have posted on the
 SourceForge files page. All they offer now seems to be a snapshot from
 their source repository. They don't even change the snapshot filename when
 they change its contents, which is problematic for MacPorts and not a good
 practice IMHO. We will either have to copy that file into the MacPorts
 repository with a unique filename (including the snapshot date for
 example), or else fetch using darcs like their documentation says, except
 MacPorts does not have a feature for fetching from darcs, so the port will
 have to implement it on its own. We have one other port currently doing
 this (ghc-devel) from which we could copy the code. We may also want to
 add darcs fetching to MacPorts base, but of course the port could not use
 that until the next version of MacPorts is released.

 The installation document in the wiki that you refer to actually shows how
 to install three pieces of software: gts, gerris, gfsview. We have ports
 for the first two and don't have one yet for the third. They probably need
 to be updated in tandem to continue to work together.

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