[MacPorts] #46844: help2man: add support for perl5.{16,18,20}

[Joshua Root]

On 2015-2-14 07:37 , Lawrence Velázquez wrote:
>> On Feb 13, 2015, at 3:47 AM, MacPorts <noreply at macports.org> wrote:
>>
>> #46844: help2man: add support for perl5.{16,18,20}
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>> Reporter:  Mathias.Laurin+macports.org@…  |      Owner:  macports-
>>     Type:  enhancement                    |  tickets@…
>> Priority:  Normal                         |     Status:  new
>> Component:  ports                          |  Milestone:
>> Keywords:                                 |    Version:  2.3.3
>>                                           |       Port:
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>> Summary of the changes:
>>
>> - depend on perl5 using "PortGroup perl5"
>> - provide branches 5.16 5.18 5.20
>>
>> Now, help2man compiles with perl 5.18.
>>
>> -- 
>> Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/46844>
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> 
> What's our de facto policy on Perl dependencies? I really hate +perlX_YY variants and would rather ports pick a single version and stick with it, but I don't have any skin in the matter. I really just want to know whether it's okay to close tickets like this one as "wontfix".

I would also favour just using one version unless there's a really good
reason to provide a choice.

- Josh