[MacPorts] #52424: Ports that depend on old llvm versions should be updated

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#52424: Ports that depend on old llvm versions should be updated
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  Reporter:  mf2k@…                              |      Owner:  macports-
      Type:  enhancement                         |  tickets@…
  Priority:  Normal                              |     Status:  new
 Component:  ports                               |  Milestone:
Resolution:                                      |    Version:
      Port:  faust2-devel ghc julia pure py-     |   Keywords:
  llvmlite py-llvmpy                             |
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Comment (by aggraef@…):

 I'm the principal developer of Pure, and I also maintain the related ports
 here (together with Ryan Schmidt).

 Pure certainly isn't dead, I just haven't gotten around porting it to LLVM
 3.6+ yet. It should work fine with LLVM 3.5, though.

 This will also affect all LLVM applications which still rely on the old
 JIT rather than the new MCJIT of LLVM (of which there are still a few at
 least in Linux, not so sure about macOS). That's also why LLVM 3.5 ist
 still supported, e.g., on Arch Linux, along with the latest LLVM version.
 I'd suggest that MacPorts do the same, if possible. Otherwise supporting
 Pure on macOS will become *very* hard until it's ported to LLVM 3.6+
 (which isn't trivial because of architectural changes in the LLVM JIT,
 otherwise I would have done it long ago).

 Anyway, the executive summary is: I will try to port Pure to LLVM 3.6+
 asap, but I'd appreciate it if MacPorts could have LLVM 3.5 stick around a
 little while until it's done.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/52424#comment:6>
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