On 6/2/22, 12:11 PM, "macports-users on behalf of Eric Gallager via
macports-users" <[email protected] on behalf of
[email protected]> wrote:
> Ultimately this nonsense will all be eliminated, by migrating from
variants to segregated subports. That’s a big effort, given the number of ports
involved. But it’s something I’m finally starting to work on, as it also
frustrates me as the maintainer!
>
> The first big win was completed a few days ago, and that’s segregation of
the various ‘gtk-osx-application-xxx’ subports. This allows users to finally be
able to install Quartz apps for both gtk2 and gtk3 side-by-side, which wasn’t
possible previously. (So folks can have GIMP Quartz and Inkscape Quartz
installed at the same time, for example.)
>
> More to follow over the coming weeks, but we’re finally making slow and
steady progress!
> Cheers,
> -Chris
How do segregated subports work, from the user's perspective? I have been
somewhat clumsily maintaining two macports installations, one for x11 and one
for quartz, so that I could test programs in both environments. Will
segregated subports make that easier? That would be great.
Thanks,
-- Steve
