Python distribution: switching to tar.xz

[Li-Wen Hsu]

On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 22:03:48 +0400, Ruslan Mahmatkhanov wrote:
> Li-Wen Hsu wrote on 01.10.2012 21:51:
> >
> > EXTRACT_SUFX?= .tgz
> > PYTHON_DISTFILE= Python-${PYTHON_PORTVERSION:S/.rc/rc/}}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
> 
> Yes, I also bow to this option.
> 
> > then we can define USE_XZ= yes in the ports we want to use xz
> > distfile, which handles
> > ${EXTRACT_SUFX} and ${EXTRACT_DEPENDS} correctly.  After python26 decommission,
> > we can even move this into  bsd.python.mk
> 
> python26 distributes in tar.xz too [1]. Or you meant something other?
> 
> Ok, so I get the point. I'll prepare an patch that make ${EXTRACT_SUFX} 
> redefinable for python ports, so we can gradually switch all this ports 
> to xz. Thanks Marcus and Li-Wen.
> 
> [1] http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.6.8/Python-2.6.8.tar.xz
> 

Oh I was not aware that, I just did not see XZ information at:

   http://python.org/download/releases/2.6.8/

So maybe we can simply put USE_XZ= yes in bsd.python.mk now.

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