[MacPorts] #55211: qscintilla and qscintilla2 are substantially the same software

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Wed Nov 1 18:58:28 UTC 2017


#55211: qscintilla and qscintilla2 are substantially the same software
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  Reporter:  ryandesign               |      Owner:
      Type:  defect                   |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal                   |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports                    |    Version:
Resolution:                           |   Keywords:
      Port:  qscintilla, qscintilla2  |
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Comment (by ryandesign):

 Ok, I assumed qscintilla had been created at version 1.x, qscintilla2 had
 later been created at version 2.x, and then sometime later qscintilla had
 been updated to version 2.x without realizing that qscintilla2 already
 existed. However I see now that qscintilla was originally created at
 version 2.3.2, which makes the subsequent creation of qscintilla2 years
 later even more baffling.

 If the intention is to have ports for qscintilla 2 with qt 4 and ports for
 qscintilla 2 for qt 5, that's fine, but the port names should be fixed to
 convey that, they should probably be made more similar, and probably both
 be maintained by the same maintainer(s).

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