any way to make --enforce-variants the default?

[Randal L. Schwartz]

It seems like this new "--enforce-variants" switch is just
a pain.  In a cargo-cult way, I now have to include it on
every "upgrade", because it invariably breaks when I don't.
So then I wonder, why isn't it the default?

And I've run into a tougher place.  I tried to install something
new.  But that triggered the upgrade of something else, which then
failed because, yup, again, --enforce-variants isn't set.
But why (and how!) would I have set --enforce-variants
on "sudo port install gimp".  This is *not* making sense.

So, what's the purpose of this new switch, and when would you ever *not* use
it?

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