#51799: add a concept of 'distributions' for ports that work on specific older architectures ------------------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: kenneth.f.cunningham@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.3.4 Keywords: | Port: ------------------------------------+-------------------------------- A number of macports users (like me) like to continue to make use of machines that are tied to older architectures. PPC Tiger, PPC Leopard, and X86 Snow Leopard seem to be the most used. I have a number of machines that are locked into those states, all doing useful things. There are many ports that install correctly on these machines, but as ports are updated, there is an increasing likelihood that these systems will be left behind. There is not an easy way at present to find a collection of ports of various versions that last worked well on PPC Tiger, for example -- but there is such a collection, and it contains a lot of useful software (Apache2, MySQL, and many more). Yet every time we port selfupdate, the entire collection is in jeopardy. It would be useful to virtually 'freeze' macports at a certain point in time, with tools and ports that work well for a certain architecture. As the ports are upgraded / updated beyond that point, the PPC Tiger machine (for example) could continue to access the state of macports that last worked well. Ports could be updated / added to that 'distribution' as they are found to be workable with it. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/51799> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X