How to adapt ports to different versions of Python

[Uldis Bojars]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Frank Schima wrote:

> What one is the right way for creating a port that works w python25:
> a) create a new port py25-rdflib and make it use "PortGroup python25" ?
>
> This is the right way to go because it is a python library.
>
> b) remove PortGroup from py-rdflib and add variants "python24" and
> "python25" to it ?

Thanks, that's clear.

I was hoping to keep one portfile instead of creating new for each
version of python.

Some ports (for example [1]) use variants python24, python25, ...
instead of PortGroups. Could you please tell what is wrong with the
other approach (used by ports such as [1])?

[1] http://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/www/redland-bindings/Portfile

Uldis

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