[MacPorts] #27709: revtex: version bump

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Mon Dec 20 14:05:58 PST 2010


#27709: revtex: version bump
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 Reporter:  nickolas.fotopoulos@…          |       Owner:  dports@…           
     Type:  update                         |      Status:  assigned           
 Priority:  Normal                         |   Milestone:                     
Component:  ports                          |     Version:  1.9.2              
 Keywords:                                 |        Port:  revtex             
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Comment(by dports@…):

 Replying to [comment:5 nickolas.fotopoulos@…]:
 > Replying to [comment:4 ram@…]:
 > > An option could be to make the `revtex` port a stub and mark it
 `replaced_by texlive_publishers`?
 >
 > That would satisfy the discoverability criterion, but it does add extra
 maintenance burden should dports want to keep the version number up to
 date, which I'd encourage him to do. Also, is it common to leave obsolete
 ports lying around forever merely for advertising a subset of another
 port?

 When we mark one port as replaced_by another, we need to keep the portfile
 stub around -- usually for a year or so -- so that users who have the old
 port installed will see that it has been replaced rather than simply gone
 missing.

 In such a case we wouldn't keep the version number up to date.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/27709#comment:7>
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