iTerm

[Randall Wood]

Growl is a potential dependency[1] of other ports in the ports tree.  
The mere fact that it has an auto-update feature is not reason to  
remove it from the ports tree.

Another comment, that we should remove it since the developers do not  
seem to support building it yourself, is slightly incorrect: because  
Growl uses AppleScript, it does not like building from the command  
line. This is (obviously) a problem for us, but I think it is more of  
an Apple problem than a Growl problem.

Also, since we are wishing to eventually be able to distribute  
binaries instead of requiring that users install Xcode, repackaging  
binaries should not be a problem for us, particularly if we are able  
to get our act together and not let ports get too stale.

[1] potential dependency = we would be depending on it if it could  
build reliably from the command line

On 15 Apr 2007, at 05:47, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> On Apr 15, 2007, at 03:43, Elias Pipping wrote:
>
>> On Apr 15, 2007, at 10:06 AM, Jochen Küpper wrote:
>>
>>> On 15.04.2007, at 02:26, Patrick Burleson wrote:
>>>
>>> [..]
>>> Moreover I automatically get new versions when I do
>>>   sudo port upgrade active
>>> because some of the nice guys at MacPorts updates
>>> the package once in a while;)
>>
>> iTerm's 'port' is currently at 0.8.2 although 0.9.5 is out.
>> Furthermore I believe iTerm has a builtin auto-update feature
>> which obsoletes upgrading through MacPorts (or even interferes
>> with it)
>
> Right. That's a reason why the CyberDuck port was removed, for  
> example. And it's a reason why Growl should be removed, since it  
> also has an auto-update feature.
>
>
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Randall Wood
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