[MacPorts] #21186: vtk5 +carbon +python variants fail to build on Snow Leopard

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#21186: vtk5 +carbon +python variants fail to build on Snow Leopard
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 Reporter:  stefan.janecek@…       |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                 |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                 |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports                  |     Version:  1.8.0                                
 Keywords:                         |        Port:  vtk5                                 
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Comment(by jjstickel@…):

 OK, so I am the creator/maintainer of the mayavi port.  However, I am not
 a programmer by trade and a bit of hack for the stuff I figure out on my
 own ;).  After much trial and error, I found that carbon was needed for
 vtk5 in order for mayavi to work.  I am not completely sure, but I think
 this is because wxwidgets is compiled with carbon.  If we can get
 wxwidgets and wxpython to be cocoa, then I think vtk5 with cocoa will be
 OK with mayavi.  BTW, I made the mayavi port to go with python-2.5 simply
 because there looked to be a more complete set of python modules with py25
 than with py26.  Creating a py26-mayavi port that depends on cocoa-based
 dependencies might be the way to proceed.

 I am still on Mac OS 10.4, and don't want to touch my working mayavi until
 I upgrade to 10.6 later this year.  Someone else will have to work on
 these issues in the meantime.

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