On Aug 21 22:58:07, j...@macports.org wrote: > On 2018-8-18 06:06 , Clemens Lang wrote: > > I think the idea of the size keyword is to start to use it to display > > download progress bars for servers that do not send a Content-Length > > HTTP header (or do not have an equivalent of such a header due to the > > used protocol). This is currently not implemented. > > > > 'port -v checksums' does generate the size field in newer versions of > > MacPorts. Until such a version becomes the released default, I think > > it's fine not to require adding it in PRs. > > Not accepting PRs until they add it is certainly not a good approach. > Recommend using it in all the docs, certainly. But don't put extra > burden on both contributors and reviewers for the sake of an > unimplemented minor feature.
https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/2371 has been rotting for two weeks for exactly that.