[MacPorts] #37688: New Port - root-devel giving a snapshot of the ROOT6 development.

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#37688: New Port - root-devel giving a snapshot of the ROOT6 development.
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  Reporter:  jonesc@…    |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  submission  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports       |    Version:  2.1.2
Resolution:              |   Keywords:  maintainer
      Port:  root-devel  |
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Comment (by mojca@…):

 I completely agree that existence of version 5 will be needed for quite a
 while after the release of version 6 (if nothing else to satisfy the
 dependencies of Geant4), so using the name root6 would definitely make
 sense. Whether the new port is called root-devel, root6 or root6-devel
 might not be so relevant since it won't exist for long.

 I believe that once the first release of version 6 gets out there will
 hardly be any need for fetching the latest SVN version any more? But I
 still find it very important to make the first port before the release
 since the team will have time to get rid of Mac(Ports)-specific bugs and
 consequently there will be less patches needed for the official release.

 Renaming root to root5 would probably be a logical consequence of adding
 root6. But it might also make sense to look into ways of enabling parallel
 installation of both. (Or at least keeping root5 where it is and trying to
 make root6 independent by using /opt/local/share/root6 instead of
 /opt/local/share/root etc.)

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/37688#comment:20>
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