M1 Macs and LC 9.6.8 RCs and 10.0.0 RCs

[Mark Waddingham]

On 2022-06-20 20:55, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote:
> Anyway, the macOS Apple support is currently experimental, i am pretty
> sure there will be such an option in future. At least i hope so. ;)

Why?

The idea of universal binaries is to ensure that a single app/installer 
can be shipped to users and that will then use the 'best' it can for 
their machine. They provide a much better end-user experience than 
Windows or Linux provide in this regard.

Whilst you might not have many users using Apple architecture machines 
right now, you don't know when they might upgrade, so universal binaries 
mean that when a user upgrades their machine, their apps they already 
have (backed up, more than likely, and re-imaged on the new machine) 
will continue to take advantage of their hardware.

Warmest Regards,

Mark.

P.S. I should point out that Apple architecture support *is* 
experimental, so its fine to include and seed to users for testing 
purposes, but I wouldn't include one in final shipping releases just 
yet.

P.P.S. That being said, the only Apple architecture related bug we have 
had reported recently is related to standalone building itself (and is 
related to macOS High Sierra - 10.13 - and below *not* supported arm64 
slices in some of the command-line tools the S/B uses) - and I fully 
expect the experimental tag to be removed by final release of 10 (and 
the corresponding 9.6.x maintenance release just after that).

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