> On Jan 16, 2018, at 4:22 AM, Jan Stary <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 16 09:49:32, [email protected] wrote: >>>> I find it useful to have a ppc builder available to have at least some >>>> feedback about problems on that platform, but also because any PPC >>>> machine is super slow and MacPorts is often the most important part >>>> that actually makes those machines still usable. In most cases the >>>> port would build on 10.5/i386 if it builds on both 10.5/ppc and 10.6. >>> >>> Building on more platforms surely is a benefit in itself, >>> exposing bugs that only show up on some archs. >> >> Building on ancient OSes like 10.5 does not really help in that regard, as >> its highly unlike any issues that come up are anything upstream maintainers >> of packages would have an interest in fixing. > > That depends on the upstream I guess. > You don't want your software to run on MacOS 10.5.8? > > I understand that some things have changed massively > (audio output across 10.5.8 - 10.13.2, anyone?), > but basic POSIX C should still work the same. > > I am stuck with 10.5.8 on this particular machine anyway. > > Jan >
Are you sure about that? Even my most ancient intel machines, 32bit, can go up past there. K
