Removing mport:// sources (Was: Re: Removing port submit)

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Aug 20, 2013, at 19:33, Joshua Root wrote:
> On 2013-8-20 20:48 , Clemens Lang wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 09:20:39AM +1000, Joshua Root wrote:
>>> Please revert the part that breaks the ability to install directly
>>> from a remote archive.
>> 
>> Please provide an example of what you are trying to achieve. There is no
>> documentation whatsoever that this was ever supported and working. I'm
>> not going to take a shot in the dark with this without having a way to
>> test.
> 
> sudo port install
> https://packages.macports.org/zlib/zlib-1.2.7_0.darwin_12.x86_64.tbz2
> 
> It's the easiest way of installing an older version of a port.

I had no idea that was possible.