[MacPorts] #22684: Growl: Update to latest version

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#22684: Growl: Update to latest version
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  Reporter:  ryan@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  update  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal  |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports   |    Version:
Resolution:          |   Keywords:  haspatch
      Port:  Growl   |
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Comment (by mojca@…):

 Can someone quickly recap the situation and correct me?
   * This used to be one of the best notification systems.
   * After version 1.2.2 it became a payed software on app store, with the
 latest version 2.1.3 released on 29th October 2013 being sold for $3.99 on
 App Store.
   * One can fetch the sources for the same software on
 [https://code.google.com/p/growl/source/list Google Code] (latest tag
 2.1.2, latest commit on 12th Oct, 2013), compile them and get the same
 functionality as with payed version(?)
   * The sources need at least 10.7 to be compiled (which wouldn't be
 acceptable years ago, but might be acceptable now). No clue whether the
 software still compiles & works on 10.10 and later.
   * The development stopped completely in October without any official
 notice about the end of development. There were a number of attempts to
 attract more users by offering some [http://growlmac.tumblr.com/
 discounts], but the last post was in December 2013.
   * In January 2016 the sources will be removed from Google Code (as
 Google code is shutting down) and vanish in Ethernity.
   * (Growl for Windows has been "rescued" and transferred to GitHub, even
 though there doesn't seem to be happening much either.)
   * The introduction of System Notifications & the fact that Growl became
 a payed application (at almost the same time) meant pretty much "the end"
 of the app.
   * Despite that a number of apps still support Growl, so it's not
 entirely obsolete yet.

 Can someone please correct my guesses?

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