None of the PSPP developers use a Mac. I don't know of anyone working on this. If anyone is, I hope they will speak up.
On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 1:00 PM Patrick Davey Tully <pdavm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 >
