Hi Dave; I started using the Modula-2 compiler from MacPorts today.
Thank you so much for providing this port! I have a **MINOR** nit: "Modula-2", not "Modular-2" (as seen in the output of "port info gcc15") :-) Awesome! Ken Wolcott On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM Kenneth Wolcott <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dave; > > This is **AWESOME** news... > > Thanks, > Ken Wolcott > > On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate via > macports-users <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 2:55 AM Saj Goonatilleke <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> On Sat, 16 Aug 2025, at 14:25, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: > >> > I don't see a MacPorts ticket (perhaps I did not create one?) > >> > regarding a new port for Modula-2 from gcc. I thought I was told that > >> > there was a pending merge that would enable the gcc modula-2 port from > >> > gcc... > >> > >> https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/28687 > >> > >> > Do I need to create a MacPorts ticket (if one does not exist > >> > already, which I could not find) to track this port creation request? > >> > >> A MacPorts Trac ticket amounts to little more than hopes and prayers. > The PR from Dave is actual movement. I don't think a ticket would help at > this point. :) > >> > >> If you have an account on GitHub, you can subscribe to activity on the > PR to be notified of any progress. GitHub will send mail for every update > on the PR. > >> > >> It might really help Dave (and the reviewers) if you could test this > patch and report any problems on the PR. If it works, you can merrily > continue using this WIP build of gcc while the PR is in review. > >> > >> Here is what you need to install ports that are yet to be published. > >> https://guide.macports.org/#development.local-repositories > > > > > > I am now trying to roll Modula-2 into the new basic update for GCC > 14.3. Please track new PR: > https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/29119. >
