[MacPorts] #67974: john-jumbo @1.9.0_2: explain difference between ports "john" and "john-jumbo"

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#67974: john-jumbo @1.9.0_2: explain difference between ports "john" and "john-
jumbo"
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  Reporter:  JDLH             |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  enhancement      |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal           |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports            |    Version:  2.8.1
Resolution:                   |   Keywords:
      Port:  john-jumbo john  |
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Comment (by JDLH):

 I see a better description on [https://github.com/openwall/john/tree
 /bleeding-jumbo upstream's Readme.md file]:
 > John the Ripper is a fast password cracker, currently available for many
 flavors of Unix, macOS, Windows, DOS, BeOS, and OpenVMS (the latter
 requires a contributed patch). Its primary purpose is to detect weak Unix
 passwords. Besides several crypt(3) password hash types most commonly
 found on various Unix flavors, supported out of the box are Kerberos/AFS
 and Windows LM hashes, as well as DES-based tripcodes, plus hundreds of
 additional hashes and ciphers in "-jumbo" versions.

 It would help just to use this in place of the current Description, IMHO.

 And yes, it would be even better to suggest to upstream a clearer
 description of the difference between the core and -jumbo versions. I
 think their wording "out of the box" is a little unclear.

 Even so, I would be tempted to add an extra sentence to the above MacPorts
 Description paragraph in each of the ports, something like:

 * Port "john" is just the "out of the box" code from the project
 developers.
 * Port "john-jumbo" includes user-contributed code with the hundreds of
 additional hashes and ciphers, as well as the "out of the box" code from
 the project developers.

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