[MacPorts] #45739: submission: reduce

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#45739: submission: reduce
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  Reporter:  mark.brethen@…  |      Owner:  ryandesign@…
      Type:  submission      |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal          |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports           |    Version:
Resolution:                  |   Keywords:
      Port:  reduce          |
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

 * owner:  macports-tickets@… => ryandesign@…
 * status:  new => assigned


Old description:

> A new metaport has been created for reduce, a computer algebra system
> (CAS). It comprises the following sub-ports:
>
> reduce-common: Installs the files that are independent of the Lisp system
> used.
> reduce-csl: Installs the Codemist Standard Lisp version of REDUCE.
> reduce-psl: Installs the Portable Standard Lisp version of REDUCE.
> reduce-addons: Useful addons for the REDUCE Computer Algebra System.
>
> Issuing 'port install reduce' will install all four sub-ports. Otherwise,
> the user may install each sub-port as desired.
>
> Note 1: A separate ticket will be issued to make the reduce-algebra port
> obsolete.
>
> Note 2: This port uses svn for fetch since: 1)I work directly with
> developers to fix bugs on darwin platform and 2) Binary distributions are
> not released frequently (the last one was for snow-leopard).
>
> Note 3: This submission addresses the following open tickets: #45299,
> #39483, #34895, #32973, #32648, #32595 and #32583

New description:

 A new metaport has been created for reduce, a computer algebra system
 (CAS). It comprises the following sub-ports:

 - reduce-common: Installs the files that are independent of the Lisp
 system used.
 - reduce-csl: Installs the Codemist Standard Lisp version of REDUCE.
 - reduce-psl: Installs the Portable Standard Lisp version of REDUCE.
 - reduce-addons: Useful addons for the REDUCE Computer Algebra System.

 Issuing 'port install reduce' will install all four sub-ports. Otherwise,
 the user may install each sub-port as desired.

 Note 1: A separate ticket will be issued to make the reduce-algebra port
 obsolete.

 Note 2: This port uses svn for fetch since: 1)I work directly with
 developers to fix bugs on darwin platform and 2) Binary distributions are
 not released frequently (the last one was for snow-leopard).

 Note 3: This submission addresses the following open tickets: #45299,
 #39483, #34895, #32973, #32648, #32595 and #32583

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Comment:

 Is the version correct? This port build svn revision 2744 of the upstream
 project, which was committed on 2014-10-22, but the version in the
 portfile says 20101217.

 Is autoconf really a library dependency? Usually autoconf is only used at
 build time.

 There's a comment in the portfile that reads "`Keep the CSL version of
 Reduce and PSL in sync.`" I'm not sure what's meant by this—what specific
 action one is supposed to take—since, as far as I can see, there is to be
 only this one single reduce portfile, and it only has a single version
 line and a single svn.revision line.

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