[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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Comment (by ryandesign@…):

 > We are talking about the macports installer version, given a certain
 major level of MacOSX, correct?  Is it not the first thing a user does
 after installation of macports is selfupdate? That means that macports
 will always  be updated, no matter what.

 Not only is `sudo port selfupdate` something we recommend users run
 frequently (and nag them to run if they haven't in the past two weeks),
 it's also done by the installer before it finishes. So it doesn't
 particularly matter if you just code your script to download and install
 MacPorts 2.3.1 for now and pretty much forget about it for a few years;
 even if we release new versions of MacPorts in that time, the MacPorts
 2.3.1 installer will leave you with the current version of MacPorts. It is
 possible that in the distant future we may limit how far back `selfupdate`
 is able to update MacPorts; we've done that once before. If we do that
 again, you may have to update the version of MacPorts your script installs
 at that time.

 > If we are talking about the version of a certain port, no problem: Ports
 that I need to pin, I just tell puppet to ensure they are at a certain
 version.

 I'm not familiar with puppet's capabilities, but note that MacPorts does
 not have a built-in capability for installing older versions of a port;
 it's currently a [wiki:howto/InstallingOlderPort manual process] and not
 one we intend users to need to perform on a regular basis.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/44700#comment:6>
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