M1 Macs and LC 9.6.8 RCs and 10.0.0 RCs

[matthias_livecode_150811 at m-r-d.de]

> Am 21.06.2022 um 11:56 schrieb Mark Waddingham via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> 
> 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?
> 

First, it's more convenient for the developer.

The Intel only and Apple only builds are smaller ins size than the universal build.

So if i want to build those single platform apps to offer the smaller sized apps  i have to run the standalone building process twice, right? And before i run the 2nd build process i even have to switch the settings, right?
That's not very convenient.

And for those who want to build an universal app an "universal" option in the standalone settings would be great.

And btw why did this option exist in previous LC versions for an Universal app with PPC and Intel support?


Regards,
Matthias






> 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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