On 1 Apr 2017, at 17:24, Ken Cunningham <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am not (presently at least) on the macports team, but I have been building 
> all software from source with libc++ for over a year now on 10.6.8 with 
> outstanding success. I works extremely well for me.
> ...
> Not everything works --- the only limitation seems to be when software is 
> written against features that only exist in new MacSDKs.

Thanks Ken, it's nice to read about your experience with libc++ on older 
systems. What I would like to know is though, how is MP team's view on legacy 
OS versions — I do know that it's focusing on 10.9+ supported systems, as 
stated in the homepage, and that here and there software is still being patched 
for the former and binaries still produced, but for lack of a somewhat official 
notice of support, I'd appreciate the views of its members. I personally find 
it great that software is still being compiled for older versions than what I 
use, as I do understand people who are stuck or willingly won't upgrade their 
systems. For me, the overall quality and usability has declined post 10.9 — but 
that's another topic.

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