[MacPorts] #43917: ROOT6 : Update to first production release, 6.00.00

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#43917: ROOT6 : Update to first production release, 6.00.00
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  Reporter:  jonesc@…  |      Owner:  mojca@…
      Type:  update    |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal    |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports     |    Version:
Resolution:            |   Keywords:  haspatch maintainer
      Port:  root6     |
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Comment (by mojca@…):

 I also don't quite understand the difference between these variants. Why
 would one user want to explicitly specify `port install root6 +clang35`?
 Are there any real benefits of doing that? Would ROOT behave differently
 in different situations?

 I somewhat understand that there probably was a big difference when the
 default compiler was still gcc.

 But the thing that puzzles me most is the runtime dependency on the
 compiler. (I had to uninstall `root5+clang30` before I was able to
 uninstall `clang-3.0`.)

 Unrelated: Jeremy, would you be willing to take a look at the standalone
 cling port (there is a separate ticket for that)? It's basically one of
 the latest versions of `clang` with a few patches on top. If we add it, it
 should be set up in almost the same fashion as other llvm/clang ports,
 supporting `port select` etc.

 What's currently in #43530 has a bunch of issues, including the fact that
 everything gets installed to `${prefix}/bin`. I have to admit that I'm
 more interested in cling than I'm in ROOT. Installing ROOT serves the
 purpose, but there might be other users who aren't interested in the rest
 of functionality of ROOT. Cling is similar to "`irb`" for ruby or like
 running python and manually entering expressions line-by-line.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/43917#comment:61>
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