[108367] trunk/dports/science/gwyddion/Portfile
Joshua Root
jmr at macports.org
Mon Jul 22 02:40:14 PDT 2013
On 2013-7-22 04:52 , Mojca Miklavec wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 7:55 PM, Frank Schima wrote:
>> It's too late now, but it was unnecessary (and undesired) to increase the
>> revision due to adding a license and adding a variant.
>
> I agree with this, but I'm still curious about one specific aspect.
> Let's say that the user has the port installed with +no_x11 variant
> enabled. The option +quartz is added now and then the port is never
> updated again for two years. One year from now the compatibility
> option no_x11 is removed. So smooth updating experience won't be
> possible any more once the need for update arises?
Yes, it needs to be kept for one year after the next version or revision
increase, not just one year after the replacement variant is added.
- Josh
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