[MacPorts] #29692: SVN checkout fails for netpbm

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#29692: SVN checkout fails for netpbm
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  Reporter:  KNIZEK.MILAN@…          |       Owner:  mas@…                   
      Type:  defect                  |      Status:  reopened                
  Priority:  Normal                  |   Milestone:                          
 Component:  ports                   |     Version:  1.9.2                   
Resolution:                          |    Keywords:  svn, netpbm, https, http
      Port:  netpbm                  |  
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Changes (by dazquick@…):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  worksforme =>


Comment:

 Sorry to reopen but I can't agree. It's inconsistent to have the url in
 this portfile set to https when all others I've encountered are set to
 http. What it meant for me was that with a fresh install of macports and
 installing about 20 different packages, it chokes on this one. After some
 snooping, it was because of a proxy issue that only affected https
 connections. But the error message is simply 'Subversion check out
 failed'. How would the user know that it's because this package is unlike
 others and requires a https connection? If the user has already installed
 multiple packages that session, I don't think they would suspect that it's
 an issue with subversion on their computer at all. Also, why should the
 user need a correctly configured https proxy just for this package? It
 seems to me that the decision to change it to https in the first place was
 arbitrary and based on a temporary issue with sourceforge which has since
 been rectified. Can I please request that it's changed back to http and
 left that way? If there's a problem with sourceforge, they should rectify
 it. I suspect the OP has a https proxy issue too.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/29692#comment:3>
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