[MacPorts] #60473: [wishlist] -u: allow not to uninstall all inactive versions

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#60473: [wishlist] -u: allow not to uninstall all inactive versions
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 Reporter:  RJVB         |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
Component:  base         |    Version:
 Keywords:               |       Port:
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 "base" has an option to keep the an installation lean and mean by
 installing all inactive versions of the just upgraded port(s), but AFAIC
 that only caters to users who have perfect and justified faith in each and
 every update. And who don't use the de/activate mechanism to keep several
 install variants around.

 From what I've seen, "base" is able to compare versions, so it should be
 possible to parametrise the `-u` option
 - with an `N` option that tells indicates how many older versions must be
 skipped (left installed).
 - with an option that make the algorithm consider only inactive (older)
 versions of the same install variant.

 I would already be happy with the option to leave the previous version
 installed (= the one active at the time of upgrading), combined with
 variant specificity. For ports where I want to keep multiple older
 versions (which does happen) I can just as well do the pruning by hand.

 Considering only inactive versions that have the same combination of
 variants should be trivial. The logic behind the other option is a bit
 less trivial and that's why I haven't yet rolled my own implementation.
 Should it just leave the version active at the time of upgrading, or
 should it leave the newest version available at that time. Those are not
 necessarily the same thing, and when they are not that's often for a
 reason ("I upgraded but discovered the new version doesn't work for me so
 backed out and left the new version to keep selfupdate+upgrade,outdated
 happy"). That almost calls for 2 different options...

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/60473>
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