macports/macports-base v2.12.0-beta1

MacPorts 2.12.0 beta 1

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Changes since 2.11.6:

• Files are now downloaded in background threads, so downloads
  needed for upcoming port installations can progress while other
  ports are being installed. The new fetch_threads macports.conf
  option controls the maximum number of simultaneous downloads.
  (jmr in 632eab5)

• Performance of dependency calculation is improved by checking
  availability of archives in background threads, and by processing
  ports that don't need that check first.
  (jmr in 2eed186, e668a7b, e83422f)

• port upgrade now displays the list of ports that will be
  upgraded or installed before starting, and asks for confirmation
  if running interactively. (jmr in e3def17)

• port upgrade now has a progress counter showing the total
  number of ports to be upgraded and the current port's position in
  the list. (#5001, jmr in 82964b8)

• Syncing the ports tree via rsync should now perform better by
  only extracting updated files from the tarball. (jmr in df4d61b)

• Updated the bundled Tcl to 8.6.17. (jmr in 1555f20)

• The use_* options related to the type of distfile (use_bzip2,
  use_xz, etc) have been reworked. Setting one of them now unsets
  the rest. The extract.cmd, extract.pre_args, extract.post_args,
  and extract.suffix options now have dynamic defaults based on
  which of the use_* options are set (if any). Extract dependencies
  are now added in a callback at the end of Portfile parsing,
  rather than immediately on setting a use_* option, so the
  dependencies reflect the final option values.
  (#64960, jmr in 4d1304b)

• Timestamps in logs now have millisecond precision.
  (#72600, jmr in 871d039)

• Fixed error when running port info --index --fullname.
  (jmr in b413e63)