[MacPorts] #62852: root6: Enable python variant by default on all systems?

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#62852: root6: Enable python variant by default on all systems?
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 Reporter:  ryandesign   |      Owner:  cjones051073
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  assigned
 Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
Component:  ports        |    Version:  2.6.4
 Keywords:               |       Port:  root6
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 Ever since [8e81e8412af71d36dffff46216c2f3dc4c957900/macports-ports] root6
 enables a python variant by default only on OS X 10.9 or later. The
 justification given is:

 > {{{
 > # Enable python variant by default on OSX 10.9 and newer.
 > # Disabled on older systems due to an issue fetching the source for
 > # the various python dependencies due to these systems having out of
 > # date SSL versions that are rejected by the upstram server.
 > }}}

 I don't understand the justification. Why can't the variant be enabled by
 default on all systems? MacPorts maintains mirror servers that mirror
 distfiles, and packages servers that provide binary archives, for all
 sytsems, regardless of their SSL capabilities.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/62852>
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