> Folks, this PR has been open since 5/12/2020, and we’d love to finally merge > it. Of note, it’s also the key dependency preventing merge of PR 7399, the > latter for a long-awaited update to gettext. > > In short, we need someone to test a source-only install of clang-3.4 - along > with all of its dependencies - for 10.6. I’ve done it twice, both via a VM, > as well as a physical installation. But it would be beneficial to have one > other person do this too, as it’s critical that we get this right the first > time. > > In terms of what’s needed: > * Setup a fresh MacPorts 2.7.1 installation on 10.6. > * Update the port file for python27, per the PR. > * Run ‘sudo port -s -N install clang-3.4’ > * Wait for everything to build > > Depending on your 10.6 setup, this is likely to take at least a few hours. > But apart from that, it’s essentially a hands-off process. > > Alternatively, if folks are comfortable with merging the PR as it is - with > two rounds of testing, albeit from one individual - we can do that as well. > But personally, I’d feel better if at least one other person validates this. > > Thoughts?
To incentivize progress, I’ll give a $50 gift card to the first person who’s willing to validate this on 10.6. Any takers?
