LC & Mac M1 Chip

Andre Garzia andre at andregarzia.com
Fri Jan 8 06:46:54 EST 2021


Hi Panos,

Just updated https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22955 with a
screenshot from 9.6.2-rc-1 running on my M1 machine.

I can't reproduce the bug, I guess it is fixed.

On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 at 10:35, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Just a clarification - the bug about dashes in menus in standalones on Big
> Sur is:
>
> https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23009
>
> and not https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23013
>
> BTW, could someone that has a M1 Mac confirm that in the LC 9.6.2 RC-1 IDE
> there are no dashes in front of the menus - in other words that this bug is
> fixed:
> https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22955
>
> Thank you!
>
> Kind regards,
> Panos
> --
>
> On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 at 01:07, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Paul:
> >
> >  > we have several customer who have said
> >  > they are upgrading to M1 laptops
> >
> > Yes; important to support! I'm looking in that direction too. It'll be
> > popular, plus it's what I can afford. Many people in the same boat.
> >
> > (Backstory: Apple's biz model forces Apple to force us to spend on
> > hardware. The mobile herd sticks with Apple, so the dev herd does too,
> > so wallets must open and notes must rain down. But not satisfied yet
> > with the rain from software tweaks, so now hardware tweaks too.)
> >
> > I'm planning to get an M1 Mac this year, to get back on the bleeding
> > edge for a while. It's time. My old Mac hardware is still perfectly
> > good, it was well-built and has zero issues, but finally has been pushed
> > into what will soon be an untenable corner by the combo of new OS to
> > support and new chip to support. But the older Mac will continue to
> > serve for testing and for transition dev if needed.
> >
> >  > a sense of when LC 9.6.2 STABLE may be out?
> >
> > Could be roughly predicted, maybe, by looking at what they are working
> > on. I actually agree with LC's anti release date policy; announcing firm
> > dates is just begging for another issue to pop up. But since Apple's biz
> > model places so much pressure on devs to keep up, a sense would be good.
> > Especially since third-party addons and widgets also have to keep up
> > with our ecosystem.
> >
> > (Another backstory: Don't forget the stable/stable linguistic play; I've
> > seen RCs here that were actually more "stable" than the final, because
> > glitches, regressions, and extra bugs are sometimes - perhaps often -
> > introduced in the very process of fixing bugs. Depending on a stable to
> > be stable is a gamble, and depending on the specific features in an app,
> > there are times when the RC is more reliable. Nevertheless I really hate
> > to publish anything with an RC; only when forced to do so.)
> >
> > BTW, Paul knows all of this very well. I'm just replying publicly in
> > case the backstories will benefit other readers here in the process. :)
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Curry Kenworthy
> >
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