[MacPorts] #23375: Stable tree

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#23375: Stable tree
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 Reporter:  lhunath@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  enhancement        |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal             |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  base               |     Version:  1.8.2                                
 Keywords:                     |        Port:                                       
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 As a Mac user, I like to know my system "just works", unfortunately, while
 this holds true for most of my native applications; MacPorts has always
 seemed like the sore thumb.  When I do get most of my applications to a
 version where they seem to sit happily, I'm almost afraid of running
 '''port selfupdate'''.

 Whenever I do a large update after some months, there are pretty much
 always packages that either don't compile or have other issues such as
 runtime problems.

 Perhaps we should consider providing a '''stable''' branch/tree, to
 address the permanent state of brokenness which is inherent of the way
 MacPorts currently works and is being maintained.

 This could be addressed by maintaining a stable tag for each package that
 gets updated only if for a certain amount of time no bugs have been filed
 against it, or some such.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/23375>
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