[MacPorts] #46297: New port paraview42

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#46297: New port paraview42
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  Reporter:  bgschaid@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  submission  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports       |    Version:  2.3.3
Resolution:              |   Keywords:
      Port:  paraview42  |
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Comment (by bgschaid@…):

 Replying to [comment:2 petr@…]:
 > Couldn't we just make this the `Paraview` port?

 I'd rather not. Let me explain the reasons I did this port:
 - Kitware provides nice binaries for ParaView but for technical reasons
 they don't distribute the headers and libraries which are needed for the
 development of plugins with it.
 - Using the Kitware-binaries from the command line is awkward
 - I develop for a software that uses ParaView for visualizing results
 (OpenFOAM) and there are different versions of that software in use which
 distribute different versions of ParaView. To be able to check which
 version (for instance) breaks a certain feature it would be nice to have
 different versions available (especially in the Python-interface of the
 software)
 - Compilation of the port takes a couple of hours (and then it is not sure
 whether the result will be usable) and I'd like to always have a usable
 version of PV during that time on my machine (having different paraview-
 ports allows me this)

 So for me having only one paraview-port would reduce the usefulness
 tremendously

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/46297#comment:3>
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