Hello,
I'm curious if PSPP after the 1.6.2 stable build for Mac (native only for Mac Intel) might be in development for use as a Universal (works natively without stimulation - Rosetta) on Apple Silicon chips: which are the chipsets used on Apple's M1 and M2 laptops of 1-2 years? Sometimes application developers create code for an Intel app and then for an Apple Silicon app separately which in that case they have separate builds available. But if they decide to create one app build that supports both Intel and Silicon natively without stimulation for silicon then it is a Universal app (and labeled as such in the Application - shown to the end-user who installs it).
I know that Apple plans to end support for Rosetta stimulation at some point in the future and so I do hope that PSPP does have plans for native support in some way. I don't mind at all if the builds are separate.
I will say after a restart PSPP v1.6.2 works reasonably well for me. But again, I'm curious if the developers think this would be easy to do. If they do make a Universal app, then in my mind the work becomes much easier after that point, as Apple would not be transitioning chips again for a long time! And a universal app would take care of both Intel and Silicon chip computers.
Thanks!
Patrick