[MacPorts] #66288: Discussion re pre-build ports for PPC

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#66288: Discussion re pre-build ports for PPC
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  Reporter:  barracuda156   |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  enhancement    |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal         |  Milestone:
 Component:  buildbot/mpbb  |    Version:  2.8.0
Resolution:                 |   Keywords:  powerpc, leopard, snowleopard
      Port:                 |
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Comment (by mascguy):

 Replying to [comment:12 ryandesign]:
 > Another thing you can do to help is to file pull requests that add
 minimum OS version information to ports that don't have it. For example,
 if a port requires OS X 10.9 (Darwin 13) or later, the Portfile should
 contain the line:
 >
 > {{{
 > platforms {darwin >= 13}
 > }}}
 >
 > Most ports don't have this information because MacPorts didn't have the
 capability to represent it until the release of MacPorts 2.8.0 in October
 2022 (see #15712). (Some ports use an older method of conveying this
 information, setting `known_fail yes` depending on some conditional, which
 also works. To the extent that the conditional has to do with OS versions
 only, these should be converted to use the new method as time permits.)

 Gosh, that is a much cleaner and better approach than `known_fail`. And
 wouldn't have known about that, if I didn't happen to read this
 discussion.

 Perhaps we might want to publicize such additions to all
 members/maintainers, as it's easy for such enhancements to get lost in the
 release notes of new releases!

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/66288#comment:15>
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