#26012: Any reason why not to supply binary packages instead of source? ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: paulbeard@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 1.9.1 Keywords: | Port: ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Given that OS X's release cycle is longer than a year, usually 18 months or so, major upgrades (kernel/library) are not much more frequent, and the hardware is standardized to a degree Windows/Linux/*BSD developers could only dream of, is there any reason not to make binary packages available as the Linux/*BSD projects do? Could one not simply {{{port destroot}}} a port and allow the output of that to be downloaded and installed? Some of us are on physically limited hardware and build cycles can take days on some ports. For those who want to, make source available, maybe even distribute it with the package, but most of us would find it helpful to simply install a package instead of building it. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/26012> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS