Joshua Root <j...@macports.org> wrote: > On 2021-11-5 18:42 , Ryan Schmidt wrote: >> Either we allow portindexes that differ by OS version and arch (and we >> currently do), or we do not. > > That's something of a false dichotomy; we can also allow it for some but not > all options. I am advocating disallowing it by policy for version and > revision, not just because of this issue but because it makes it impossible > to answer questions like "What is the current version of this port?"
I maintain the various openjdk* ports and the latest versions for x86_64 and arm64 are not always the same for a particular openjdk* port. So what the current version of a port is cannot always be answered without the context of OS/arch. Nils.
