Thanks for that, Hans, but I don’t understand what it means. I just want to be able to use Lilypond. Nobody who has bought a Mac since the launch of OS X 10.15 will be able to use Lilypond, and nobody else who uses Lilypond already can safely upgrade to the latest OS version.
> On 17 Oct 2019, at 23:55, Hans Åberg <hans.aber...@telia.com> wrote: > > >> On 18 Oct 2019, at 00:30, Karlin High <karlinh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On 10/17/2019 5:10 PM, Allan Kinnaird via lilypond-user wrote: >>> I believe that the real question is when a 64-bit Mac binary will appear on >>> lilypond.org <http://lilypond.org> - I would expect v2.20.0 or thereabouts. >>> Does anyone have a solid timetable? >> >> My current understanding is this: >> >> There is a conflict between Apple's Software License Agreement for the XCode >> software needed to build 64-bit Mac binaries, and the GNU General Public >> License that LilyPond uses. The current build system cannot be adapted for >> 64-bit without violating Apple's license. > > It is only for cross-builds, and it does not matter, because later versions > of Xcode only have Clang, not GCC proper, which LilyPond does not compile > with. > > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
