Port binary

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jun 13, 2009, at 03:02, Jeremy Lavergne wrote:

>> Binaries created this way aren't well supported, and certainly  
>> cannot be mixed with an existing MacPorts installation in the same  
>> prefix.
>
> With the advent of binary port distribution, it would seem this  
> would no longer be an issue.

Well, I would say that one step on the road to binary port  
distribution is fixing this issue, so that ports that were installed  
via a binary are recognized as having been installed by MacPorts just  
like ports that were installed from source.

> As for when that horizon will come to pass ... well, who knows :-)   
> 10.6 will definitely make it easier with fewer architectures.

Perhaps, but I think once you have a build system ready to go on,  
say, an Intel Mac, getting it to also work on a PowerPC Mac shouldn't  
be that much of a stretch. So I don't think the number of  
architectures we want to support is really a problem that's holding  
up port binaries.