Re: Call for help with MacPorts
Werner LEMBERG <[email protected]> Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:32:33 +0000
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.devel,gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.general |
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Two months ago I wrote the following.
> we plan to release LilyPond version 2.26 around end of April.
... this has now become a pressing issue, obviously.
> Unfortunately, support for MacPorts is stuck currently: the
> available development version is 2.25.13 (released two years ago!) –
> this is the last version that works with Guile 2.
>
> https://ports.macports.org/port/lilypond-devel/details/
>
> Meanwhile, Guile 3 support is available in MacPorts, so there are no
> fundamental problems to provide LilyPond's recent development
> version.
>
> Inspite of not being a Mac user at all, I took care of LilyPond's
> `Portfile` here and there, working on a Lion machine (i.e., macOS
> 10.7.5, released in 2012).
>
> https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/blob/master/textproc/lilypond/Portfile
>
> However, I currently don't have access to that Mac, and due to the
> age of this computer the development cycles are glacially slow.
>
> Is there anyone using MacPorts who could work on this file and
> submit updates?
Please help!
Werner