Re: p5-DBD-mysql: Stuck between a rock and a hard place

From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen_at_grosbein.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 00:34:08 UTC
26.03.2024 3:37, Wall, Stephen wrote:

> There is a third option.
> Create both p5-DBD-mysql4 and p5-DBD-mysql5 using the respective versions, and turn p5-DBD-mysql into a meta-port that uses DEFAULT_VERSIONS to select one of the two numbered ports.  There is precedent for this in the current ports tree, but I can’t comment on how well it works or if it solves any of your problems.

I like this. Besides, I suggest adding flavours for noted meta-port
so that our cluster would build ready-to-install packages for both variants.