For the record, we do have a macOS buildbot that compiles every version we 
release (successfully except for giac, see related thread) 
at http://build.sagemath.org/#/builders/16

On Friday, February 21, 2025 at 3:38:14 PM UTC+1 [email protected] wrote:

> <David Roe suggested that I post this here, as well as having done so on 
> zulipchat>
>
> Sage newbie. here, but long term Mac, etc., user and developer. Did 
> serious early work with algebraic manipulation system, Macsyma, including 
> doing internal mods in Lisp for 2D display of math expressions (pre-Latex). 
> Especially interested in the manifolds package for tensor calculus. 
>
> My primary Sage installation is on an old MacBook Pro (2014-vintage, 11,3 
> model) but running current macOS 15..3.1, patched with OCLP 2.2.0, built 
> from downloaded binaries. Since I expect to want to inspect and possibly 
> modify Sage internals, I tried building from source on this machine. Very 
> frustrating. Despite Dima's excellent repeated help, wasn't able to 
> successfully complete the build. Encountered a circular set of errors, 
> dealing with Python and pip versions, certificates, etc., Put the effort on 
> the back burner pending a better understanding of the issues.
>
> However, using this MacBook Pro with the Parallels Desktop system and a 
> Ubuntu 22.4 VM, I did complete a from-source build. And installed Ubuntu 
> 24.1 LTS directly on another MacBook Pro (9,3) and a Sage from-source build 
> there. So now I'm set to explore Sage for my purposes.
>
> But I still want to be able to do a clean build from source on current 
> macOS versions. Are there developers in this community with similar 
> interests? I would be interested in collaborating with you on making the 
> build process on macOS more robust. Feel free to respond to this post or 
> directly to me to see if there's a practical path forward.
>
> Mike
> Silicon Valley
>

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