Maybe too much overhead on the size of the Portfile (SIGH). I don't want to make MacPorts more difficult to use :-)
On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM Ryan Carsten Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Aug 19, 2025, at 15:16, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: > > > a new feature request for MacPorts: "port list --newest" > > What I would like is to have the same functionality from the command > line, > > > The entries in the PortIndex don't have a timestamp upon which such a feature > could be based. > > Adding a timestamp to each entry would increase the size of the PortIndex. It > could be done but I want to make sure we understand the consequence. > > What does "newest" mean? Is it anytime a Portfile is updated for any > inconsequential change even those that would not affect the user? If not, > then what criteria is used to determine which changes affect a port's newness? > > as the MacPorts web interface to this feature frequently times > out for me. > > > This is https://github.com/macports/macports-webapp/issues/390 > >
