[Proposal ] Name of Python's port

js ebgssth at gmail.com
Wed Feb 13 05:24:38 PST 2008


> I am new to macports from the linux world (in Mandriva, the python naming
> scheme is simply python with different versions) so I am not sure if this
> annoyance/problem is a result of fetchmail not having its dependencies set
> to be either or if it's a problem of the chosen naming scheme.

Interesting. I think fetchmail port should be modified to requires python 2.5.
Report this to the maintaiiner as a bug.

> And since the macports python24 does not work in Leopard (bus errors), I
> don't even have the choice of letting it install python24.  But
> regardless, I shouldn't have to anyways, as I have python25 installed.
>
> I've manually installed fetchmail (with python25) in the meantime, but
> this defeats the whole purpose of having a packaging system.

Please report this as a bug, too if this is not a known issue.


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