[MacPorts] #68661: Some Python distfiles not updated

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#68661: Some Python distfiles not updated
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  Reporter:  erikbs   |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect   |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  Normal   |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports    |    Version:  2.8.1
Resolution:  invalid  |   Keywords:
      Port:  py-lxml  |
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Comment (by erikbs):

 Replying to [comment:1 jmroot]:
 > Distfiles are mirrored for a port when it is built on the buildbot,
 which happens when an update is pushed to the master branch of macports-
 ports. It's expected that there will be no distfiles mirrored for versions
 that don't exist in the official ports tree. That doesn't prevent fetching
 the distfiles from the master_sites specified in the Portfile (which may
 use defaults specified in e.g. the python portgroup). In fact, if fetching
 is failing locally, it's likely that mirroring will also fail, because it
 uses the same mechanism.

 Makes sense! Unfortunately it looks like MacPorts does not try to fetch
 distfiles from PyPI, even though pypi is specified in the `master_sites`
 section of the portgroup file. I double checked that version 4.9.3 is in
 fact present on PyPI, so there must be something that is not working
 properly in my setup.

 Given that there is no bug here, I guess I will have to create a pull
 request for updating to 4.9.3 and let the CI check if it works, but I
 would have preferred being able to test things locally first.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/68661#comment:3>
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