When updating the Portfile to reflect the new release:

1. Setup a local portfile directory

   • Checkout the latest version from SVN (or run svn up if you have done that already to make sure that you start with the latest version from the MacPorts repository).

       export MYDIR=/your/path
       cd $MYDIR
       svn co --depth=empty https://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/trunk/dports macports && cd macports
       svn up --depth=emtpy lang && cd lang
       svn up MoarVM nqp rakudo
     

   • Run portindex, so that MacPorts will be able to find the port:

       cd $MYDIR/macports && portindex
     

   • Edit /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf, adding a reference to a local directory, like: file:///your/path/macports/

   • Verify that port dir MoarVM returns /your/path/macports/lang/MoarVM.

2. Edit the Portfile:

   • Update the version field to the latest version.
   • Remove the revision (if any revision is present).
   • Save.
   • Run sudo port -v checksum MoarVM from the shell. This will generate a bunch of output, including replacement checksum lines; copy them back into the Portfile, replacing the original versions. Save. (If you generate the tarballs yourself, you might want to double-check the checksums with openssl dgst -sha256 <your-original-file> or with any similar technique.)

3. Test the changes:

    port info MoarVM # should give you the latest version
    sudo port -v -t test MoarVM
    sudo port -v -t install MoarVM
   

4. Open a ticket to update the portfile

   • Create a unified diff with

       cd $(port dir MoarVM)
       svn diff > /tmp/MoarVM-x.y.Portfile.diff
     

   • Open a new ticket on http://trac.macports.org/ (you'll need a trac account first).

     • summary: MoarVM: update to version x.y
     • version: (none)
     • type: update
     • CC: add (co)maintainers (you get full emails with port info MoarVM) and potentially other developers that might be interested
     • keywoords: haspatch (or haspatch maintainer if you are also listed as maintainer)
     • port: MoarVM
     • Make sure to attach the diff.

   • Hang out in #macports on libera.chat and mention the ticket or write to the macports-dev mailing list with URL to the ticket and a descriptive subject if there is no response for a while.

5. Push the updated Portfile also to git.