[MacPorts] #30187: py27-mapnik 0.7.1 Support python 2.7 for Mapnik
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#30187: py27-mapnik 0.7.1 Support python 2.7 for Mapnik
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Reporter: jon.tirsen@… | Owner: macports-tickets@…
Type: submission | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 1.9.2
Keywords: | Port: py26-mapnik, py27-mapnik
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):
* cc: dbsgeo@…, ryandesign@… (added)
* port: => py26-mapnik, py27-mapnik
Comment:
This new py27-mapnik port installs tons of files that conflict with the
existing py26-mapnik port, which is not how py* ports are supposed to
behave; they're supposed to be simultaneously installable.
I'm rather confused why the existing port is called py26-mapnik at all.
Why isn't it just called mapnik?
We could then discuss whether it should have variants allowing the user to
choose the desired python version. The problem with doing so is that it
depends on boost having been installed with the corresponding python
variant. And of course only one variant of a given port can be active at
once. But mapnik is not the only software that uses boost's python
features. Therefore all ports using boost's python features must
simultaneously be updated to have such python variants. Or we could just
decide to update all such ports from python26 to python27 and not give the
user a choice.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/30187#comment:1>
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