[107065] trunk/dports/python/py-pyobjc-cocoa/Portfile

Joshua Root jmr at macports.org
Tue Jun 18 09:55:52 PDT 2013


On 2013-6-18 16:30 , Andrea D'Amore wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org> wrote:
>>> -python.versions 24 25 26 27 31 32 33
>>> +python.versions         24 25 26 27 31 32 33
>>> +python.default_version           27
>>
>> This has only been unified for 5 months, which means this change breaks
>> the smooth upgrade path before the usual 1-year timeframe.
> 
> Sorry about that. I didn't know about the one year timeframe at all, I
> think that in this case you should have taken maintainership (again)
> in order to "protect" the portfile within the timeframe. Or at least
> leave a comment in the portfile about it.

It's the same as for any replaced port.
<https://trac.macports.org/wiki/PortfileRecipes#replaced-by>

> Should we put the default back at 24 now or would it mess up something
> for the users?

Yes, please change it back. When a year has passed since the last
python24-using py-* port was renamed to py24-* (which was about 5 months
ago), I'll change the default in the portgroup.

- Josh


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