Re: Update mono, F#: support "select"

2016-12-13 Thread Luc Bourhis
> On 13 Dec 2016, at 20:14, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > > On 13 December 2016 at 20:08, Luc Bourhis wrote: >> >>> (Ruby is completely outdated and only the interpreter works, packaging >>> is completely unmaintained. >> >> MacPorts provide ruby 2.3, wh

Re: Update mono, F#: support "select"

2016-12-13 Thread Luc Bourhis
Hi Mojca, > On 13 December 2016 at 16:32, Luc Bourhis wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am writing an update for the fsharp port (F# language), which is very >> outdated. This requires an update to the mono port, from version 3 to 4. One >> could make the case to suppor

Update mono, F#: support "select"

2016-12-13 Thread Luc Bourhis
Hi, I am writing an update for the fsharp port (F# language), which is very outdated. This requires an update to the mono port, from version 3 to 4. One could make the case to support every x.y version of Mono and F# as MacPorts does for python, ruby, etc and then to let the user choose with po

Re: Best practice for port contributors in github world

2016-12-13 Thread Luc Bourhis
>> Thanks. Do I need to run `portindex` in that directory >> //path/to/my/clone/of/macports-ports ? > > Yes, although that will be done for you as part of 'port sync' (which is part > of selfupdate). > >>> Another option is to have a repo with just the ports you're working on and >>> set it up

Best practice for port contributors in github world

2016-12-13 Thread Luc Bourhis
Hi, I was considering to only fork macports-ports so that I can use pull requests for ports, without having to build macports core from source. But then what is the best way to configure macports on my system? Shall I replace the line rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports.tar [defau