On 5/10/23 21:51, John Harrison wrote:
Is Gem for Apple Silicon on anybody's radar? I'm up for being part of a team to get Gem on Apple Silicon if there's interest.
just for the record: since yesterday there's snapshot builds of Gem available on deken.
- this is a snapshot of the current git 'master'. there hasn't been a
release. things might be more broken then in a normal release (on the upside: if you report bug, they are fixed faster than in a normal release)
- there is only a single version "0.94-snapshot". the package will be
updated whenever a i change something in the git repository. there is no turning back (if things worked with yesterday's snapshot, but not with the one downloaded today, then you are out of luck)
- Windows: both 32bit and 64bit binaries are available
- macOS: the binary is universal (amd64 and arm64). they should run at
least on "Big Sur" (i've tested them[*] on Catalina/amd64 and Monterey/M1)
- Linux: there are binaries available, but unlike with Windows/macOS
binaries, there are no dependencies included. I do advise Linux people to just build Gem themselves (or use a distribution that offers packages for Gem's git snapshots). this is because on Linux you typically have a proper package manager (that allows you to easily install all the stuff needed, starting with a compiler), whereas on macOS/Windows you don't (unless you count the variants of "app stores" - which I don't). the pre-built binaries will most likely not work out of the box on your system. (having said that: the binaries where produced on a Debian/bullseye system, so if you are running something similar it should be possible to just install the missing dependencies with your package manager; a good start is to just install the "gem" package that comes with your distribution, as this should pull in most dependencies)
gfds IOhannes
[*] "testing" means a casual check of whether things work on some random snapshot. there are no formal tests verifying the integrity of the deken packages, so: what has probably worked yesterday, might not work today.