Re: [Inkscape-devel] C++11 for Experimental Branch?

On Fri, Jun 27, 2014, at 12:41 PM, David Evans wrote:

MacPorts has ports for newer compilers both gcc and clang that should work on 10.6.

Yes... but "should" is the key word here. Unfortunately MacPorts llvm/clang was broken for myself and others, and that also blocks other dependencies from working.

*However* there is another problem with not using the system compiler. Doing so requires blocking any potential users from contributing without building custom versions of the compilers themselves. That's perhaps not much of an issue for an advanced coder, but definitely limits a certain pool of potential contributors.

I'm not saying we can't do this, just that we need to actively consider and weight the factors.