Portfile for a virtual port?

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Aug 8, 2011, at 15:07, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote:

> On Aug 8, 2011, at 12:52 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
>> If the replaced port is depended upon by other ports, those other ports need to be updated to now depend on the replacement. That's the responsibility of whoever caused the port to be replaced.
> 
> That can take some time when ports that depend on the replaced_by port are not maintained by you and are not openmaintainer. Seems reasonable to accommodate successful upgrades during the transition.

I would say it is fine to update all ports immediately, without consultation with maintainers, since there is no valid objection those maintainers could make.