Re: Distfile Mirror Issues

2020-07-29 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Jul 28, 2020, at 20:29, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > I'll ask them if they want to enable older algorithms or allow non-https > access. If they want to do neither, I'll configure MacPorts to remove that > mirror on OS versions that can't connect to it. They've reinstated old ciphers so now it'll

Re: Distfile Mirror Issues

2020-07-29 Thread Fred Wright
On Wed, 29 Jul 2020, Ryan Schmidt wrote: On Jul 28, 2020, at 20:29, Ryan Schmidt wrote: I'll ask them if they want to enable older algorithms or allow non-https access. If they want to do neither, I'll configure MacPorts to remove that mirror on OS versions that can't connect to it. They'v

port "cask" -- installing prebuilt binaries

2020-07-29 Thread Ken Cunningham
there seems to be demand for replicating the “binary only” installers of homebrew cask. we have a few ports that do that now, and I see more and more coming in. I have used homebrew cask from time to time to see what it’s up to. It is convenient at times. I also downloaded a lot of things that

Re: port "cask" -- installing prebuilt binaries

2020-07-29 Thread Fred Wright
On Wed, 29 Jul 2020, Ken Cunningham wrote: there seems to be demand for replicating the “binary only” installers of homebrew cask. we have a few ports that do that now, and I see more and more coming in. From the user's perspective, how does that differ from a port that's available as a bi

Re: port "cask" -- installing prebuilt binaries

2020-07-29 Thread Daniel J. Luke
On Jul 29, 2020, at 9:30 PM, Fred Wright wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jul 2020, Ken Cunningham wrote: >> there seems to be demand for replicating the “binary only” installers of >> homebrew cask. >> >> we have a few ports that do that now, and I see more and more coming in. > >> From the user's perspect

Re: port "cask" -- installing prebuilt binaries

2020-07-29 Thread Ken Cunningham
> >> From the user's perspective, how does that differ from a port that's > > available as a binary archive? I presume the idea is that it directly uses > > a precompiled binary from the upstream source, but from the user's > > perspective, does it really matter whether it was a binary from ups