[MacPorts] #63138: meson @0.58.1: distfile not mirrored

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#63138: meson @0.58.1: distfile not mirrored
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  Reporter:  tehcog          |      Owner:  ryandesign
      Type:  defect          |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  Normal          |  Milestone:
 Component:  server/hosting  |    Version:  2.7.1
Resolution:  fixed           |   Keywords:
      Port:                  |
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Comment (by tehcog):

 Thanks for this.  Your points are well taken.

 I have been mulling it over for a while as I have obiously encountered
 cert issues and broken things.  However, most of the phone home things
 were turned off long ago and so I haven't really missed them.  I am trying
 to decide between a new machine (with Linux or BSD) and/or modifying my
 current MBPro setup as you have described.  Even Ubuntu LTS "expires" at
 some point, and can be a pain to upgrade.  I have a lot invested in this
 machine, and I am no "spring chicken" anymore.

 Replying to [comment:10 kencu]:
 > Re: your question about getting extra usage from your 10.9 system.
 >
 > Off topic for this ticket, but I'll answer here...
 >
 > You can get extra mileage for your older Apple system using MacPorts,
 and MP is well set up for that ... at the moment, however, increasingly
 software needs either features in a newer libc++ or features in a newer
 SDK, and that can be a difficult problem.
 >
 > You can also install Ubuntu Linux on Apple systems back to at least a
 MacBook 2,1 from 2006, and run the absolutely most current LibreOffice,
 qt6, rust, go, wine, and everything else you can imagine on it that way
 --- not to be forgotten as a possibility. I have a laptop that dual-boots
 MacOSX 10.7.5 and Ubuntu 20.10, and I find it is in Ubuntu mode 98% of the
 time these days.

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