Hello all,
I'd like to propose to simplify the maintainance of the PROJ ports, which has become unnecessary cumbersome and in many cases leading to installments of multiple versions only because different ports are out-of-sync in respect to default proj variant. The PROJ ports available now: port version --------------- proj4 4.9.3 proj 5.2.0 proj6 6.3.2 proj7 7.2.1 proj8 8.2.1 proj9 9.2.1 It would be better to use the port name 'proj' for the latest version available (independent of major version), which now is version 9.2.1. The present port 'proj', which is version 5.2.0, should be renamed to 'proj5'. Like this: port version --------------- proj4 4.9.3 proj5 5.2.0 proj6 6.3.2 proj7 7.2.1 proj8 8.2.1 proj 9.2.1 The day when there is a new major version, e.g. 10.0.0, the 'proj' port will be updated accordingly and 'proj9' will keep the 9.x.y version: port version --------------- proj4 4.9.3 proj5 5.2.0 proj6 6.3.2 proj7 7.2.1 proj8 8.2.1 proj9 9.2.1 proj 10.0.0 The ports with 'proj' dependency, which are actively updated and maintained, will in this way be kept in sync with less risk of installing multiple versions. Ports, which do not support later versions of PROJ, can keep the pinned version. List of ports with proj[x] dependency: R/R-lwgeom path:lib/proj5/lib/pkgconfig/proj.pc:proj R/R-proj4 path:lib/proj5/lib/pkgconfig/proj.pc:proj R/R-reproj path:lib/proj5/lib/pkgconfig/proj.pc:proj R/R-rgdal path:lib/proj5/lib/pkgconfig/proj.pc:proj R/R-sf path:lib/proj5/lib/pkgconfig/proj.pc:proj R/R-terra path:lib/proj5/lib/pkgconfig/proj.pc:proj R/R-vapour path:lib/proj5/lib/pkgconfig/proj.pc:proj databases/mysql55-lib_mysqludf_fproj4 port:proj4 databases/postgis port:proj4 databases/postgis2 port:proj6 databases/postgis3 port:proj[6-9] databases/spatialite-tools port:proj[6-9] databases/spatialite port:proj[6-9] gis/gdal port:proj[6-9] gis/grass port:proj[6-9] gis/grass7 port:proj[6-9] gis/liblas port:proj[6-9] gis/libosmium port:proj4 gis/mapnik port:proj4 gis/mapserver port:proj[6-9] gis/mod_tile port:proj4 gis/osm2pgsql port:proj8 gis/qgis3 port:proj[6-9] gis/qlandkarte port:proj4 gis/qlandkartegt port:proj[4-7] gis/saga port:proj8 graphics/libgeotiff port:proj[7-9] octave/octave-octproj port:proj8 perl/p5-alien-proj port:proj[6-9] perl/p5-alien-proj4 port:proj4 python/py-cartopy port:proj8 python/py-pyproj port:proj8 python/py-spatialite port:proj4 science/cdo port:proj8 science/gerris port:proj science/magicspp port:proj6 science/metview port:proj6 science/ncarg port:proj science/relax3d port:proj7 science/sumo port:proj4 science/vapor port:proj4 science/wgrib2 port:proj8 science/xastir port:proj4 What do you think, could this be a good way to go forward? Suggestions, opinions? Best regards, Nicklas
