FreeBSD Port: xapian-core-1.0.22,1

[jf at dockes.org]

Doug Penner writes:
 > I noticed that xapian was held back to 1.0 while waiting for either 
 > dependant port maintainers to update to the newer version, or for a second 
 > copy of xapian to be added to ports.
 > 
 > The last activity on the bug tracker seems to be from just over a year 
 > ago. Has there been any progress on getting xapian updated?
 > 
 > I ask because I am trying to get notmuch (notmuchmail.org) going as a 
 > port. So far notmuch compiles, runs and functions just fine, but xapian 
 > 1.2 is said to be MUCH faster than 1.0, so I was hoping that you (being 
 > the maintainer) would be able to green-light the update. That is of course 
 > assuming the blocking packages/etc have been resolved.

The Xapian 1.2 ports have been ready for a very long time, but there are
apparently some strong reasons to stay with 1.0. All I can write is that I
am ready to (re)-submit patches as soon as the way is cleared.

Cheers,

J.F. Dockes