The 'port list' command has led to much confusion in the past.For most people it does not do what they expect, as it is listing the latest version of available ports. For example, 'port list installed'will not list the installed versions, but the versions available. It canalso happen that it lists the same port multiple times with the same version information, confusing users even more. My proposal is to remove 'port list' in favor of other commands whichare already in port. Users should use 'port search', 'port installed' or'port echo' instead. * Deprecate 'port list' in 1.7.x by printing a warning message * Remove 'port list' in 1.8.0It would be possible to rename it to 'port latest', but I am not sure ifthis command would be useful. Comments?
I should like to think that we should mimic other port systems --- what methods do they commonly have available?
I happen to be familiar with yum: install, update, check-update, remove, list, info , provides, whatprovides, clean, makecache, search, shell, resolvedep, deplist, repolist, help
Should we pick one system and go with it (or did we and I missed that memo)?
smime.p7s
Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
_______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-dev
