v8-11.6: new port in lang

[barracuda156]

Closes: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/69351

Description

New version of V8.

Type(s)

• bugfix
• enhancement
• security fix

Tested on

macOS 14.3.1
Xcode 15.3

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[ryandesign]

Thank you, but this doesn't appear to be an improvement over the v8-8.3 port, other than in version number. It still uses the v8-cmake fork which still doesn't install shared libraries nor install a single libv8 library that downstream software expects. If we're going to offer v8 in MacPorts, we should offer v8, not some nonstandard fork.

Closes: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/69351

It's unrelated to that ticket, which was a request to update v8-8.3 to the latest 8.3.x version and fix its livecheck, neither of which this PR addresses. Of course, if you plan to discontinue v8-8.3 and replace it with v8-11.6, then I suppose this PR can close that ticket.

[barracuda156]

@ryandesign I have removed “Closes ticket” note now.

As for dynamic libs, a) it should be possible to support them via CMake, once someone has time and desire to (not required for my purposes, since static libs work fine); b) it is possible to switch the build system at any point, once someone implements the build via gn (I am fine with that, and can share or pass maintanership in such a case).

Not planning to retire 8.x, but if you prefer not having minor versioning, we can rename these to v8-8 and v8-11.
(It is worth having at least major versions as separate ports.)

[barracuda156]

@herbygillot @pmetzger Could we merge this one? While this does not yet close a related ticket, this is a definite improvement (by the way, not for PowerPC, but for modern archs): it introduces a newer version of V8.