[MacPorts] #44700: Request: download-friendly installer package URLs

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#44700: Request: download-friendly installer package URLs
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  Reporter:  george@…        |      Owner:  skarulkar@…
      Type:  enhancement     |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal          |  Milestone:
 Component:  server/hosting  |    Version:
Resolution:                  |   Keywords:
      Port:                  |
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

 * cc: ryandesign@… (added)


Comment:

 > I was wondering if you could please add download-friendly URLs for the
 installer, on the website. For example

 I'm not opposed to adding redirecting "download current version" routes to
 the new MacPorts web site I'm developing. That's probably the simplest
 solution, since it wouldn't involve needing to bother the Mac OS Forge
 admins every time we release a new version of MacPorts.

 > (off-topic: Given a certain major os version, say 10.8, how sensitive is
 an installation of the same port to different versions of the installer,
 anyway?)

 I'm not certain I understand the question. If you're asking if it's
 possible for a port to build successfully under one version of OS X and
 fail under a different version, the answer is yes, absolutely, for any
 number of reasons. Or are you asking if ports might fail to build under
 old versions of MacPorts? The answer to that is definitely yes; we don't
 support running anything older than the current stable version of
 MacPorts. New versions of MacPorts introduce new features; ports are
 updated to use those new features, making those ports incompatible with
 older versions of MacPorts that don't understand those features.

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