So yeah - I think that a name and separate port is a good idea. I'm also on board for the category for the 0.0001% of us that would use it.
maybe category: binary and binary-PortName like we do with like py38-something —Mark _______________________ Mark E. Anderson <m...@macports.org> MacPorts Trac WikiPage <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/mark> GitHub Profile <https://github.com/markemer> On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 3:15 PM Ken Cunningham < ken.cunningham.web...@gmail.com> wrote: > So, I'm looking to install iTerm2 for old systems from binary as building > is becoming increasingly impossible - have we come to a consensus on any of > this? > > —Mark > _______________________ > Mark E. Anderson <mark at macports.org > <https://lists.macports.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev>> > MacPorts Trac WikiPage <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/mark> > GitHub Profile <https://github.com/markemer> > > > > > > I continue to believe that in general trying to shoehorn "cask" binary > installs as some variant of a port that is generally meant to build from > source is a recipe for nothing but endless trouble. Homebrew has a > completely different subsystem for cask installs that makes it really clear > what you are getting, and this is very desirable, I agree. > > > IMHO binary-only install port should have some clearly recognizable port > name that does not cause confusion about what it is, and does not obscure > or trample a port's existing variants (which a "prebuilt" or other similar > variant name would do, if there were other variants). We have port name > distinctions for a great many ports in MacPorts now (the perl, python, php, > etc, etc, etc port families, for example). Having a naming family for > binary-only ports is No Big Deal. > > > Chris has suggested a category inclusion, which is pure and uses macports > unique functionality, but IMHO is unrecognizable for 99.9999% of users who > would never notice that a given port is added to a certain category or > subcategory. > > > But we should resolve this, as many people want it, whatever is decided by > the managers, who so far have expressed no opinion, ergo it is unresolved. > > > K > > > > > > >