Re: PSPP builds after Intel-only 1.6.2 on Mac Monterey 12.6 and later (M1/M2 Silicon chips / Universal rather than Rosetta stimulation)

[Friedrich Beckmann]

Hi Patrick,

you can try pspp on a Mac M1 / M2 via homebrew:

https://github.com/fredowski/homebrew-pspp

I currently do not plan to make a universal bundle. I have no clue how that 
works and I do not have a M1 laptop.

Cheers

Fritz

> Am 18.09.2022 um 21:47 schrieb Patrick Davey Tully <pdavmail@gmail.com>:
> 
> 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
>