id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version resolution keywords cc port 44541 hdf5 @1.6.9_4: retire this port petrrr macports-tickets@… "I am wondering if we cannot / should not retire the `hdf5` port, or updating to 1.8 and get rid of `hdf5-18`, directly. HDF5 1.6 is not fully API compatible with, however 1.8 provides API compatibility as well, and most software now should be 1.8 compatible. All depending ports seem to depend on hdf5-18, so from this point of view it is not need. HDF5 1.6.9 was released in May 2009, the last 1.6.x release is 1.6.10, but the port was never updated. So the port is already quite aged and not maintained. Maybe the port could be marked as `replaced_by hdf5-18` and `hdf5-18` would eventually be renamed to simply `hdf5`. Or we might want to do this directly, so hdf5 would be just an update and hdf5-18 would be replaced by hdf5, plus changing all dependencies?" update closed Normal ports fixed mamoll hdf5 hdf5-18