Tidying up Python

[Ryan Carsten Schmidt]

On Jul 11, 2025, at 03:52, Bjarne D Mathiesen wrote:
> What often happens is, that you have a port, that needs python, like eg
> this:
> #=> port info certbot
> certbot @4.1.1 (security)
> Variants: docs, python310, python311, python312, [+]python313, python39
> 
> As you can see, the default is currently python313, !but! if you
> installed certbot, when python312 was the default, it doesn't
> automagically get updated to python313 .
> 
> Thus, when a new major version of python gets released, you'll have to
> manually check which ports are dependent on the old major version, and
> see, if they have been updated to the latest major version.

That information is outdated. Ever since MacPorts version 2.7.0 (2021), MacPorts *does* automagically switch you to the new default variants. See https://trac.macports.org/ticket/46956

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