py-twistedweb2 and py25-twisted-web2 uses different name convension

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Feb 29, 2008, at 14:33, Kevin Ballard wrote:

> On Feb 29, 2008, at 3:28 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> On Feb 29, 2008, at 09:20, js wrote:
>>
>>> I noticed that twisted for python2.4 and 2.5 uses different name
>>> convension.
>>> I opened new ticket http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ 
>>> ticket/14375
>>>
>>> Shouldn' they use the same convension?
>>
>> Sure, it would make sense for the common parts of the port name to
>> be the same.
>
> The problem is this breaks the upgrade path. Anybody with py25- 
> twisted-
> web2 will lose the ability to update their port if it gets renamed to
> py25-twistedweb2. They'll have to discover this problem on their own
> and uninstall py25-twisted-web2 and install py25-twistedweb2.
>
> The only workaround I can think of for this is to push a dummy update
> for py25-twisted-web2 that errors out on fetch with a message saying
> to uninstall and reinstall py25-twistedweb2, but that's ugly and
> unfriendly.

Still wish we had the "superseded_by" feature in MacPorts base so it  
would be easier to rename a port:

http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-dev/2007-July/002219.html

http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-dev/2007-December/ 
003767.html