On 2019-05-09, Matthew Graybosch <mgraybo...@fastmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 9, 2019, at 9:28 AM, Henry Bonath wrote:
>> I'm not sure how many folks out there are PowerPC users, but I was
>> just curious if anyone had an idea on if or when we might see those
>> out in the mirrors.
>
> I've got a 2003 lamp-style iMac that runs the macppc port of OpenBSD
> -CURRENT. It runs fine but could use a RAM upgrade and a new SSD.
> Pre-built package support for macppc isn't as extensive as on amd64;
> NetSurf is the best graphical web browser I've found in macppc
> packages, and I haven't dared try compiling from ports using only
> 256MB of RAM and the original 60GB HDD -- but at least I've got Emacs.

If something isn't present in pre-built packages (excluding ports with
license restrictions), it will be because the build failed - building
from ports won't help unless you are making changes to fix it.

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