Clean up PROJ mess

[Marius Schamschula]

octave/octave-octproj works with proj >= 6.3.0

I just haven’t updated the Portfile to version 9.x, as there haven’t been any upstream changes in a while.

> On Jun 8, 2023, at 2:54 PM, Nicklas Larsson via macports-dev <macports-dev at lists.macports.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> 
> I'd like to propose to simplify the maintainance of the PROJ ports, which has
> become unnecessary cumbersome and in many cases leading to installments of
> multiple versions only because different ports are out-of-sync in respect to
> default proj variant.
> 
> The PROJ ports available now:
> 
> port    version
> ---------------
> proj4   4.9.3
> proj    5.2.0
> proj6   6.3.2
> proj7   7.2.1
> proj8   8.2.1
> proj9   9.2.1
> 
> 
> It would be better to use the port name 'proj' for the latest version available
> (independent of major version), which now is version 9.2.1. The present port
> 'proj', which is version 5.2.0, should be renamed to 'proj5'. Like this:
> 
> port    version
> ---------------
> proj4   4.9.3
> proj5   5.2.0
> proj6   6.3.2
> proj7   7.2.1
> proj8   8.2.1
> proj    9.2.1
> 
> 
> The day when there is a new major version, e.g. 10.0.0, the 'proj' port will be
> updated accordingly and 'proj9' will keep the 9.x.y version:
> 
> port    version
> ---------------
> proj4   4.9.3
> proj5   5.2.0
> proj6   6.3.2
> proj7   7.2.1
> proj8   8.2.1
> proj9   9.2.1
> proj    10.0.0
> 
> 
> The ports with 'proj' dependency, which are actively updated and maintained,
> will in this way be kept in sync with less risk of installing multiple versions.
> Ports, which do not support later versions of PROJ, can keep the pinned version.
> 
> 
> List of ports with proj[x] dependency:
> 
> R/R-lwgeom                  path:lib/proj5/lib/pkgconfig/proj.pc:proj
> R/R-proj4                   path:lib/proj5/lib/pkgconfig/proj.pc:proj
> R/R-reproj                  path:lib/proj5/lib/pkgconfig/proj.pc:proj
> R/R-rgdal                   path:lib/proj5/lib/pkgconfig/proj.pc:proj
> R/R-sf                      path:lib/proj5/lib/pkgconfig/proj.pc:proj
> R/R-terra                   path:lib/proj5/lib/pkgconfig/proj.pc:proj
> R/R-vapour                  path:lib/proj5/lib/pkgconfig/proj.pc:proj
> databases/mysql55-lib_mysqludf_fproj4   port:proj4
> databases/postgis                       port:proj4
> databases/postgis2                      port:proj6
> databases/postgis3                      port:proj[6-9]
> databases/spatialite-tools              port:proj[6-9]
> databases/spatialite                    port:proj[6-9]
> gis/gdal                                port:proj[6-9]
> gis/grass                               port:proj[6-9]
> gis/grass7                              port:proj[6-9]
> gis/liblas                              port:proj[6-9]
> gis/libosmium                           port:proj4
> gis/mapnik                              port:proj4
> gis/mapserver                           port:proj[6-9]
> gis/mod_tile                            port:proj4
> gis/osm2pgsql                           port:proj8
> gis/qgis3                               port:proj[6-9]
> gis/qlandkarte                          port:proj4
> gis/qlandkartegt                        port:proj[4-7]
> gis/saga                                port:proj8
> graphics/libgeotiff                     port:proj[7-9]
> octave/octave-octproj                   port:proj8
> perl/p5-alien-proj                      port:proj[6-9]
> perl/p5-alien-proj4                     port:proj4
> python/py-cartopy                       port:proj8
> python/py-pyproj                        port:proj8
> python/py-spatialite                    port:proj4
> science/cdo                             port:proj8
> science/gerris                          port:proj
> science/magicspp                        port:proj6
> science/metview                         port:proj6
> science/ncarg                           port:proj
> science/relax3d                         port:proj7
> science/sumo                            port:proj4
> science/vapor                           port:proj4
> science/wgrib2                          port:proj8
> science/xastir                          port:proj4
> 
> 
> 
> What do you think, could this be a good way to go forward?
> Suggestions, opinions?
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Nicklas
> 

Marius
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Marius Schamschula



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