spread: Update to version 4

[Lars.Rasmusson@…]

There is a new release of Spread, version 4

​http://www.spread.org/news/news-Spread4Release.html

The portfile needs an upgrade.

Thanks!

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Assigning to maintainer.

[(none)]

Milestone Port Updates deleted

[blb@…]

Is there an easy way to download the distfile, it is currently ​hidden behind a form which won't work with port; the master_sites used for the 3.17.3 version doesn't appear to carry any of the 4.x versions.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

4.1 is out now.

Replying to blb@…:

Is there an easy way to download the distfile, it is currently ​hidden behind a form which won't work with port; the master_sites used for the 3.17.3 version doesn't appear to carry any of the 4.x versions.

We could write a custom fetch phase, along the lines of:

master_sites http://www.spread.org/download/

fetch {
    system "cd ${distpath} && curl --location --remote-name [lindex ${master_sites} 0]/[lindex ${distfiles} 0] --data FILE=[lindex ${distfiles} 0] --data name=MacPorts --data company=MacPorts --data email=[lindex ${maintainers} 0]@macports.org --data Stage=Download"
}

This would bypass our distfile mirrors, but this would meet the developer's goal of getting a download count.

[pixilla (Bradley Giesbrecht)]

Looks like the sources are mirrored by FreeBSD.

version 4.1.0
...
master_sites freebsd

[pixilla (Bradley Giesbrecht)]

Cc Me!

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

-> nomaintainer

[kurthindenburg (Kurt Hindenburg)]

Cc Me!

[kurthindenburg (Kurt Hindenburg)]

Patch for 4.4.0

[kurthindenburg (Kurt Hindenburg)]

Here's a updated Portfile for 4.4.0 - it includes the curl command to fetch the tar file - I need to see if all the post-patch lines from the other attached is still needed

It currently builds OK.

[kurthindenburg (Kurt Hindenburg)]

This should work for 4.4.0

[pixilla (Bradley Giesbrecht)]

It is preferred to use "system -W" rather than "cd &&":

system -W ${distpath} "curl ..."

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

This patch includes both whitespace changes and functional ones. Please separate these.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

And can it not be explained to the developers that they should offer a download that does not require submitting a form?

[kurthindenburg (Kurt Hindenburg)]

Apparently they want a count of downloads - I can't imagine *BSD or other distros using the form - I'll look around some more

[kurthindenburg (Kurt Hindenburg)]

I can't find the 4.x version anywhere else but to use the form - also not sure about this library versioning

   set LIBFULLVERSION ${version} 
   set LIBCOMPATVERSION [join [lrange [split ${version} .] 0 2] .] 
   set LIBVERSION [join [lrange [split ${version} .] 0 1] .] 
   reinplace "s|^LIBFULLVERSION=3.0.0\$|LIBFULLVERSION=${LIBFULLVERSION}|" \ 
       ${worksrcpath}/libspread/Makefile.in 
   reinplace "s|^LIBVERSION=3\$|LIBVERSION=${LIBVERSION}|" \ 
         ${worksrcpath}/libspread/Makefile.in 

[raimue (Rainer Müller)]

Spread 5.0.0 has been released: ​http://www.spread.org/news2/news-Spread5.0.0Release.html

Given the strange license with fetch restrictions and the general lack of interest in this port over years, I would like to just remove this port from our ports tree.

[kurthindenburg (Kurt Hindenburg)]

I would say go ahead and remove it

[raimue (Rainer Müller)]

In f7dca520f850835704412d867e82db477d09e4df/macports-ports:

spread: Remove outdated and abandoned port

Port has not been updated in years, now being two major releases behind
upstream.

Closes: #14699

[raimue (Rainer Müller)]

In ae7bcff7b64a7465a9f725ba8cc683f3fe40a301/macports-ports:

py-spreadmodule: Remove obsolete port

This port is no longer usable as the spread port was already
removed from the ports tree.

See: #14699
Closes: #56126