[MacPorts] #33064: port new actions: active, inactive

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#33064: port new actions: active, inactive
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 Reporter:  and.damore@…             |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  base                     |     Version:  2.0.3                                
 Keywords:  haspatch                 |        Port:  bash-completion                      
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

  * keywords:  haspatch base => haspatch
  * component:  ports => base


Comment:

 But that's just it: the outdated action is not the same as the echo
 action. "port outdated" (which is a shortcut for "port outdated outdated")
 does not produce the same output as "port echo outdated".

 You're suggesting we provide a shortcut for "port echo active", but it's
 just as likely that I'd want to see the output of "port installed active"
 instead. I don't think it makes sense to add a shortcut for one and not
 the other.

 Remember also that we can now use the shortest unambiguous name for a
 command, so I can type "port ac" to activate a port:

 {{{
 $ sudo port ac vobcopy @1.2.0_0+universal
 --->  Computing dependencies for vobcopy
 --->  Deactivating vobcopy @1.2.0_1+universal
 --->  Activating vobcopy @1.2.0_0+universal
 --->  Cleaning vobcopy
 }}}

 With your patch, this case would no longer work; I would instead get:

 {{{
 $ sudo port ac vobcopy @1.2.0_0+universal
 Ambiguous action "ac": could be any of {activate active}.
 }}}

 So for all these reasons I agree with jmr that we should not implement
 this suggestion.

 If we were to implement the suggestion, remember that we have a third
 pseudo-port: actinact, which shows ports which have both an active and at
 least one inactive version installed.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/33064#comment:4>
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