Re: 1.3.2 the grand finale?

Why would a name change break the ports? I don't get it.

If this concerns you, don't do a selfupdate for a while?

Sorry if this sounds insulting, I just don't exactly understand the  
motivation here. Therefore, it's hard to suggest a solution to a  
problem I don't understand =)


On Aug 29, 2006, at 12:51 AM, Tabitha McNerney wrote:

> For the core maintainers of Darwin Ports, I am wondering if version  
> 1.3.2 is
> likely to be the grand finale before everything changes over to  
> "MacPorts"
> completely, with a subversion based repository?
>
> I would like to build a bunch of Darwin Ports from 1.3.2 on both  
> PPC and
> Intel Macs (each on HFSX disc volumes thank you Jordan Hubbard!)  
> and am
> wondering if I should grab as many possible ports from 1.3.2 (even  
> if I
> deactivate them) as possible since this might be the grand finale  
> for DP
> before the MP change?
>
> Or, what would happen if I have a set of ports in the dependency  
> chain of
> ports based on 1.3.2 today and three months from now I want to tack  
> on a new
> port or an updated port. How difficult (if not impossible with MP)  
> will that
> be? Is there anyway to predict what might happen half a year from  
> now based
> on such a scenario in this very dynamic world we live, full of  
> changes and
> chaos at times?
>
> Best regards,
>
> T.
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