<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I suspect that the number of people supporting MacPorts itself (not just specific ports) is quite small; and they're doing it in their "spare" time, at that.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">What is typically involved in updating MacPorts itself (and any ports that have to be updated with it before others can be checked), and how much work is that?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Is it something others (in particular those that want it out in a particular timeframe) could help speed up?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Is there any macOS beta non-disclosure issue that would hinder such an effort?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Just pointing out some questions that occurred to me.<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 21, 2023, at 01:26, Bryan Jones <<a href="mailto:bdkjones@gmail.com" class="">bdkjones@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear MacPorts:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I write to propose a policy change: <b class="">a MacPorts release for a new macOS major version should be publicly available by the time Apple publishes the final Release Candidate version of macOS.</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Rationale: MacPorts is an annual problem for me. I’m a Mac developer who needs to install beta versions of macOS for testing my apps. But once I do that, I can’t use MacPorts to build dependencies. Even if I install the macOS betas on a clean partition, I *need* MacPorts to re-build those dependencies (or I have to switch back to an older partition and copy the files manually into /opt/, etc.)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The lag between the release of a new major macOS version and the release of a supported MacPorts version should be eliminated. MacPorts is a key part of the development environment and each year it essentially goes AWOL just when developers need it most: when we’re updating apps to support the new macOS release! No one expects MacPorts to be ready when the first beta comes out. But there are five months between the first beta and the release of macOS, which seems like enough time to at least have an “RC” version of MacPorts ready for developers. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-Bryan</div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>