Opened 3 years ago

Closed 2 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)
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 2 years ago by mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)

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.

comment:2 Changed 2 years ago by mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)

Resolution: wontfix
Status: assignedclosed

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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