[MacPorts] #17041: port livecheck makes faulty version comparison

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#17041: port livecheck makes faulty version comparison
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  Reporter:  devans at macports.org  |       Owner:  macports-tickets at lists.macosforge.org
      Type:  defect               |      Status:  new                                  
  Priority:  Normal               |   Milestone:  MacPorts base bugs                   
 Component:  base                 |     Version:  1.7.0                                
Resolution:                       |    Keywords:  livecheck                            
      Port:                       |  
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Comment(by ryandesign at macports.org):

 I don't think we want this change. If the port version is newer than the
 version on the livecheck page, then the livecheck page is looking at
 outdated information, and should be changed to point to up-to-date
 information. For example, don't use freshmeat for that port; use the
 software's distfile directory listing perhaps. If we add this patch,
 somebody using livecheck on this port might never realize the data source
 is not current, and might never learn of new versions of the software.

 Another situation which occurs from time to time is that the project of a
 certain name on freshmeat is not the same software as the one in the port.
 Sometimes there are multiple unrelated software projects of the same name.
 In that case, if the version of the software in the port happens to be
 newer than the version of the other software by that name on freshmeat,
 then again someone using livecheck might never learn of newer versions.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/17041#comment:6>
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