Is the MacPorts port pypy compatible with Python314?

Kenneth Wolcott kennethwolcott at gmail.com
Mon May 18 16:10:12 UTC 2026


I'm grateful for future effort, but I hope it is not in vain.

Ken

On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 8:39 AM David Gilman <davidgilman1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I’m aware, I didn’t want to be so down on PyPy in public. I don’t think my opinion is that rare, however, someone else can be the bad guy.
>
>
> David Gilman
> :DG<
>
> On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 10:29 AM Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate via macports-users <macports-users at lists.macports.org> wrote:
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>> Well in fairness, there was a more recent partial effort, with apparently better upstream assistance.  I could try to pick this one up where it left off.
>> https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/29071
>>
>>
>> On Sun, May 17, 2026 at 3:59 PM Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Hi Dave;
>>>
>>>   With the GitHub conversation and the MacPorts ticket history...don't
>>> bother.  I don't want it [or anything] that bad (*SIGH*); that sounds
>>> brutal. It's just that Python is so slow in come contexts....
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ken Wolcott
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 17, 2026 at 12:58 PM Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate
>>> <dave.allured at noaa.gov> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Ouch.  Ouch.  Ouch.  Ouch.  Ouch.
>>> > https://trac.macports.org/ticket/63486#comment:8
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Sun, May 17, 2026 at 11:19 AM Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate <dave.allured at noaa.gov> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> So a port update is in order.  I will take a look at that.  This looks like a worthy package.
>>> >>
>>> >> Ken, pypy upstream has supported arm64 since 2022.  However, as already noted, it only goes to Python 3.11 today.  It is another volunteer open source effort, struggling to even get as far as 3.12.  Would 3.11 or 3.12 suffice for you?  See this and other upstream discussions relating to advanced Python versions.
>>> >> https://github.com/orgs/pypy/discussions/5145
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 9:31 AM Ryan Carsten Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> According to the pypy website, the current version supports Python 2.7 and 3.11. I guess we're a little behind because the MacPorts port only supports 2.7, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, and 3.9.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 8:49 AM Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Ah, I was hoping for an arm64 port, the install fails when trying
>>> >>> 'sudo port install -s -v -d pypy': Error: Unable to execute port pypy:
>>> >>> architecture mismatch
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 7:46 AM Kenneth Wolcott
>>> >>> <kennethwolcott at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > Hi;
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> >   I'm hesitating...the installation of the MacPorts port 'pypy'
>>> >>> > because it is not clear (to me) that it works with (or in place of)
>>> >>> > Python314. Or is that a dumb question?
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > Thanks,
>>> >>> > Ken Wolcott


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