I haven't used macports before. I downloaded xcode and started reading the guide but it wasn't immediately clear to me how to rebuild with updated code, just how to install the existing macports version. I hope to give it a more thorough go this weekend. Ideally, I'd like to skip macports altogether...

That's great; what would that mean for when it would be incorporated in Deluge? Would it be when the next version comes out (not sure when that's planned) or would the dependency in MacPorts get updated earlier? Just wondering what's my best bet for the time being.

It seems libtorrent 0.16.x has a problem with udp connections through proxies. After I upgraded to Deluge 1.3.6 I wasn't able to connect to any udp trackers and 1.3.5 doesn't work on Mavericks. I then tried qbittorrent and had the same problem - I went back version by version keeping the same config...