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

Joshua Root jmr at macports.org
Sun Aug 25 05:01:05 PDT 2013


On 2013-8-25 19:59 , Clemens Lang wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 02:12:24PM +1000, Joshua Root wrote:
>> So while it's certainly a rarely used feature, it's not something that
>> absolutely nobody ever used like mports:// sources. Might be worth
>> asking that guy and the -users list if anyone is still using it.
> 
> https://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-users/2013-August/033316.html
> 
> Let's see.

I guess I wasn't clear--the reporter of #19338 wasn't using an mports
source, but a non-tarball http source; the kind where syncing only
downloads the PortIndex and the portarchives are downloaded on demand.

- Josh


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