64bit variant naming scheme

[Toby Peterson]

On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Bryan Blackburn <blb at macports.org> wrote:
> Currently there are only a few ports with 64bit variants:
>
>  nbench-byte +use_64_bit
>  ubench +use_64_bit
>  judy +bit64
>  john-devel +use_64_bit
>
> (john-devel was updated with 64bit support by me, picking the more common
> name).
>
> Before there are many more ports with such variants, we need to decide on a
> standard name; I found that +64bit isn't liked by port as it thinks that is
> the name of a port, not a variant so I guess it doesn't like a variant name
> to start with a number.
>
> The only issue I have with +use_64_bit is it's long and a pain to type...

Seems like a rather inappropriate use of variants in the first place.
64bit-related build foo should simply be applied if the port is being
built 64bit (via universal_archs or other method).

- Toby