On 2018-8-18 06:06 , Clemens Lang wrote: > I think the idea of the size keyword is to start to use it to display > download progress bars for servers that do not send a Content-Length > HTTP header (or do not have an equivalent of such a header due to the > used protocol). This is currently not implemented. > > 'port -v checksums' does generate the size field in newer versions of > MacPorts. Until such a version becomes the released default, I think > it's fine not to require adding it in PRs.
Not accepting PRs until they add it is certainly not a good approach. Recommend using it in all the docs, certainly. But don't put extra burden on both contributors and reviewers for the sake of an unimplemented minor feature. - Josh
