[MacPorts] #70055: Download links: Add computer friendly links

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#70055: Download links: Add computer friendly links
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 Reporter:  bll123           |      Owner:  admin@…
     Type:  enhancement      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal           |  Milestone:
Component:  server/hosting   |    Version:
 Keywords:  github download  |       Port:
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 The download release files are currently named with the user-friendly
 names such as ''MacPorts-2.9.3-14-Sonoma.pkg''.

 For scripts that automate the download of MacPorts, this is a problem, as
 the MacOS version number must be mapped to the MacOS release name.  e.g.
 I have in my shell script version checks such as:
 {{{
   14*)
     mp_os_nm=Sonoma
     mp_os_vers=14
     ;;
 }}}
 And as far as I know, there's no easy way to get this name from the MacOS
 operating system.

 The script will currently fail to download MacPorts for version 15 of
 MacOS (when it is released) unless I update it.

 I don't know if the github releases supports symlinks, but it would be
 useful to have names that exclude the user-friendly portion so that
 scripts could locate the download file easier without having to update the
 script for every new release of MacOS.

 **Pros:**

 Good for automatic retrieval.

 **Cons:**

 Makes the list of releases much longer.

 It is unknown how useful this is.   Many downloads are done manually.

 **Alternatives:**

 A version to name text file could be made available in the releases
 download directory so that an automated script could look up the version
 names.  This would be easy, but requires some maintenance for each release
 of MacOS.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/70055>
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