[MacPorts] #50204: There is no need for subports, they are actually harmful

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#50204: There is no need for subports, they are actually harmful
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 Reporter:  nshmyrev@…   |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
Component:  ports        |    Version:  2.3.4
 Keywords:               |       Port:  swig
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 SWIG does not require language development packages to be installed to
 compile and install language support, you can install all languages at
 once as a single package as it is done in Linux distributions, there is no
 need for modularity here.

 For example, swig port lacks support for javascript while it is simply not
 packaged, there is no required dependency to install. (issue
 https://trac.macports.org/ticket/45562)

 Another one lacking is CFFI.

 Swig-ruby does not require ruby to be installed, ruby can be present in
 the system installed without ports. Swig-java does not require java, it
 might be used with NDK.

 Same for many other languages.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/50204>
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