Re: Location to store binaries

2022-04-17 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Apr 16, 2022, at 10:36, Marcus Calhoun-Lopez wrote: > Right now, I put them in a release section of a fork of Rust: > https://github.com/MarcusCalhoun-Lopez/rust/releases > > Could a similar fork be created under the auspices of the MacPorts project? Yes, it could be. We haven't done that for

Re: Location to store binaries

2022-04-17 Thread mcalhoun
I have been careful to submit all changes upstreams. So far, most of them have been merged already. The only changes I have not submitted are the ones that apply to systems prior to 10.7, which Rust does not support. These patches are small and can easily be kept as patch files within the port. H

Re: Location to store binaries

2022-04-17 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Apr 17, 2022, at 08:45, Marcus Calhoun-Lopez wrote: > I have been careful to submit all changes upstreams. > So far, most of them have been merged already. > The only changes I have not submitted are the ones that apply to systems > prior to 10.7, which Rust does not support. > These patches a

Re: Location to store binaries

2022-04-17 Thread mcalhoun
Sorry, I misunderstood. Cargo and the Rust Standard Library, which are both required to build Rust, have higher requirements than Rust itself. Back to 10.7, MacPorts gets around this by using, e.g., the MacPorts build of OpenSSL instead of the CommonCrypto system library. Prior to 10.7, MacPorts

Recent Purchase of a 2012 MacPro 5,1 - History and Thoughts

2022-04-17 Thread Christopher Nielsen
I wanted to quickly share some recent experience with a serious Mac upgrade - for me, at least - which finally removes some barriers for MacPorts development and testing. But first, some brief history, which folks might enjoy: My first “real" desktop Mac was a 2005 PowerMac G5/2.7 DP - the liqu