[MacPorts] #55365: ttfautohint @1.7: new port

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#55365: ttfautohint @1.7: new port
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  Reporter:  tuffnatty    |      Owner:
      Type:  submission   |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports        |    Version:  2.4.2
Resolution:               |   Keywords:
      Port:  ttfautohint  |
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Comment (by tuffnatty):

 Replying to [comment:7 mf2k]:
 > > Is it an official recommendation? I don't see it in docs. And I
 believe that we must provide all possible build options when it is not too
 hard to support them. I already gave an example where a qt4 variant may be
 useful.
 >
 > Recommendation: yes, requirement: no. The docs could be updated. And who
 would support them in this case? This proposed port is {{{nomaintainer}}}.
 More options requires more support. We are definitely short-staffed on
 this all-volunteer project.
 I'd volunteer to maintain this port if I had the needed access privileges.

 > Are you saying a dependency of ttfautohint has a qt4 variant? I looked
 at the ones in the Portfile but they don't directly have it. Yes, that
 would be a good reason.
 No I did not mean it. I said that someone who already has qt4 installed
 for some reason and does not want to bloat the system with qt5 as well,
 can use +qt4 variant for ttfautohint. If there is no +qt4 variant, one
 will not have this option. That's all.

 As for myself, I don't need the GUI at all, CLI is enough for me. However,
 one of the things that worries me in contemporary software development is
 a tendency to drop useful features without a strong reason, when
 supporting them is easy enough.

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