[MacPorts] #55638: alpine fails to fetch

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#55638: alpine fails to fetch
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  Reporter:  jwmparker  |      Owner:  jcvernaleo
      Type:  defect     |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal     |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports      |    Version:
Resolution:             |   Keywords:
      Port:  alpine     |
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Comment (by ryandesign):

 Don't have a portfile fetch from git unless there is no alternative.
 Fetching from a distfile is preferable (because we can mirror a distfile,
 and a user can cache it). The port already does that, so let's not change
 it.

 If in the future a new version is released, and it is only available via
 the aforementioned git snapshot tarball, then the port can be updated to
 use that.

 For now, we should just merge [https://github.com/macports/macports-
 ports/pull/1194 PR 1194] when it's ready.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/55638#comment:13>
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