Re: Publicizing MacPorts [installation]

2021-05-23 Thread Artem Loenko via macports-dev
> On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 1:35 PM Ken Cunningham > wrote: > > cd /tmp > git clone -b release-2.7 https://github.com/macports/macports-base.git > cd macports-base > ./configure && make && sudo make install > > and then add to the $PATH as usual If you ask me, `curl | sh` is a better option than `

Re: bash and bashdb ports

2021-05-23 Thread Giuseppe 'ferdy' Miceli
> On 21 May 2021, at 21:05, Rainer Müller wrote: > On 21/05/2021 14.48, Giuseppe 'ferdy' Miceli wrote: >> could someone be so kind to enlighten me about the bash port? >> >> if i am not mistaken the bash50 sub-port is obsolete and could be removed. >> >> i stumbled on it while installing bashdb

Re: Publicizing MacPorts

2021-05-23 Thread Giuseppe 'ferdy' Miceli
> On 22 May 2021, at 13:21, Artem Loenko via macports-dev > wrote: > > Hello there, > > I agree with all the points about publicity (blog posts, Twitter, etc.). But > I want to share the opinion on MacPorts from a (power?) user who is aware of > the tool and “deep in my heart” believe that

Re: Publicizing MacPorts [installation]

2021-05-23 Thread Joshua Root
On 2021-5-23 20:40 , Artem Loenko via macports-dev wrote: If you ask me, `curl | sh` is a better option than `sudo make install`. Even if we compare them both as anti-patterns. If you haven't done any verification of the integrity of what you're installing, 'make install' is certainly also a b

Re: Publicizing MacPorts [installation]

2021-05-23 Thread Marius Schamschula
A script that’ll download the installer pkg and then run the installer cli command i.e. something like cd ~/Downloads curl -OL /url/of/installer.pkg sudo installer -pkg installer.pkg -target / > On May 23, 2021, at 12:58 PM, Joshua Root > wrote: > > On 2021-5-23 20:

deprecated.upstream_support vs deprecated.eol_version

2021-05-23 Thread Christopher Chavez
The deprecated 1.0 portgroup has a `deprecated.eol_version` option, which is currently used in older Python ports. I am trying to understand the distinction between this option and the existing `deprecated.upstream_support` option, i.e. why adding a new `deprecated.eol_version` option was neede

Re: bash and bashdb ports

2021-05-23 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On May 23, 2021, at 12:22, Giuseppe 'ferdy' Miceli wrote: > > On 21 May 2021, at 21:05, Rainer Müller wrote: >> On 21/05/2021 14.48, Giuseppe 'ferdy' Miceli wrote: >>> could someone be so kind to enlighten me about the bash port? >>> >>> if i am not mistaken the bash50 sub-port is obsolete and co