I don't expect any change in MacPorts.  They're deprecated, not removed.  
"Native" ports should transition to Metal, and X11 ports will continue to use 
mesa for GLX.

> On Jun 20, 2018, at 6:26 AM, Jack Howarth <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
>       Since the 10.14 SDK fully depreciates building against the OpenGL API, 
> what are the plans going forward for OpenGL support in MacPorts? More 
> importantly, what will be the performance impacts on 10.14? I have the 
> impression that the video card drivers have to provide hardware level OpenGL 
> support for the current performance levels in 10.13 and earlier, no? If so. 
> how much can than be mitigated on the user land side?
>       Also, I assume for now the Mesa OpenGL libraries will be the 
> alternative for 10.14 users. However I am wondering what the prospects are 
> for using MoltenVK as a substitute for Mesa long term?
>                   Jack

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