Opened 5 years ago
Closed 4 years ago
#63331 closed enhancement (wontfix)
mame: use macports-libcxx on 10.13 and earlier, to support latest upstream release
| Reported by: | mascguy (Christopher Nielsen) | Owned by: | mascguy (Christopher Nielsen) |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | ports | Version: | |
| Keywords: | macports-libcxx | Cc: | kencu (Ken) |
| Port: | mame |
Description
Tracking ticket for work related to updating Mame to utilize macports-libcxx on 10.13 and earlier. This would provide our users with the latest Mame release on older macOS versions, which is not possible with the host-provided libcxx.
Change History (2)
comment:1 Changed 4 years ago by mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)
comment:2 Changed 4 years ago by mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)
| Resolution: | → wontfix |
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| Status: | assigned → closed |
Upstream has emphasized that they'll continue to expand usage of frameworks and APIs only available on macOS 10.14. And without a lot of shims and/or compatibility layers - which could be a nightmare to maintain - this is essentially untenable.
Closing as wontfix.
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This goal may no longer be feasible, as later versions of Mame now depend on macOS frameworks/features only available in 10.14 and later. However, perhaps there may be a way to sidestep that a bit, depending on how the code is written.
Leaving this open for now, until more investigation has been done.