Thank you for the timely warning. On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 10:06 AM Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> wrote:
> Apple has announced that macOS 11 Big Sur will be released tomorrow, > November 12, 2020. In the coming days we will either release an installer > for MacPorts 2.6.3 for macOS 11 or will release a new version of MacPorts > with installers for all OS versions including macOS 11. > > It is likely that many ports will still fail to build on macOS 11 at this > point. And for those that do build, we won't start building archives for > macOS 11 until after it's released, and once we start it will take weeks to > build everything, meaning if you upgrade early, it's likely you'll have to > build ports from source, which takes time. > > So as with all other major OS versions, I encourage you to wait awhile > before upgrading to macOS 11 if you want a smoother transition for your > MacPorts software. > > Once you do upgrade, as always, you should follow the migration > instructions: > > https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration > > And if you find a problem, search our issue tracker and file a ticket if > there isn't already one, or submit a pull request if you know the fix. > Thanks. > > -Ryan > >
