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Subject: Re: Multiple versions of a ported item
From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
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 * Most ports that I'm aware of are of the type where you typically
 * have one version installed.  If an upgrade comes along, you
 * either remove the old version and install the new, or just lay
 * the new on top of the old.  Even where distinct versions of a
 * port exist, eg netscape3 and netscape4, you can really can only
 * have one installed at a time.

For most ports that's true, but for tcl/tk and tiff, we have gone to
great lengths to make some versions coexist (relatively) peacefully.
Please try it....

 * I'm sort of leaning toward the latter because the former could
 * generate a lot of ports and the space demands of including all
 * versions isn't very big.

I see that you all imported it as one port contains all versions.  I
agree with that.

Satoshi