[MacPorts] #15771: Portfile for py25-tables

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#15771: Portfile for py25-tables
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  Reporter:  tom.duck at dal.ca  |       Owner:  ram at macports.org
      Type:  enhancement      |      Status:  assigned        
  Priority:  Normal           |   Milestone:  Port Submissions
 Component:  ports            |     Version:  1.6.0           
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:  py25-tables     
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Comment (by tom.duck at dal.ca):

 There are three utilities bundled with pytables: ptdump, ptrepack and
 nctoh5.  See http://www.pytables.org/docs/manual/apd.html.

 I have attached a patch for setup.py and a new Portfile that uses it.  The
 patch appends "-py25" to each of the utility names.  There are also some
 additional dependencies, and they are commented on in the Portfile.  The
 python24 version should probably be updated in the same way (both for the
 script names and dependencies).

 The approach fink uses is to create symlinks from the unversioned names to
 the higher-version scripts (e.g., ptdump -> ptdump-25).  See
 http://www.finkports.info/ports/sci/pytables-py.html.  That seems like a
 reasonable choice, although I have no idea how to implement that in the
 context of MacPorts.  Having symlinks from the unversioned names is needed
 to avoid breaking user scripts that may be depend on them.

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