On 2022-06-21 12:18, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote:
Am 21.06.2022 um 11:56 schrieb Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>:
Why?
First, it's more convenient for the developer.
I think the end user is more important (in this case) ;)
The Intel only and Apple only builds are smaller ins size than the
universal build.
True - universal builds are double the size essentially (well, resources
in copy files are *not* duplicated) - however how important is that
really?
There's a high chance a user might download an app twice from a page
offering two architectures - because they aren't necessarily sure which
one they need - at which point, you've lost any advantage in splitting
them (and just caused user consternation). [ Similar argument holds when
users upgrade their machines, and restore from a full backup - which is
what the majority of users do ].
Besides, if size is a real concern here then there are a couple of
tweaks we could do to reduce the size of universal binaries (and indeed,
Android APKs) which would see the size difference between universal and
non-universal drop to maybe 3-4Mb (and probably only 1-2Mb when
compressed - i.e. transmission size). [ This would be a *much* better
use of time, than adding an edge-case option to the S/B, IMHO ].
So if i want to build those single platform apps to offer the smaller
sized apps i have to run the standalone building process twice,
right? And before i run the 2nd build process i even have to switch
the settings, right?
That's not very convenient.
Offering two separate downloads to users is not very convenient to them
;)
And btw why did this option exist in previous LC versions for an
Universal app with PPC and Intel support?
Well that was getting on for a decade ago - so can't really remember
what the exact rationale was back then. However, I dimly recall that
universal PPC+Intel binaries would not run on some earlier versions of
'MacOS X' which we still supported (and people still had!) at the time -
so you actually *needed* to offer a separate PPC download if you still
needed to support those really old 'MacOS X' versions.
These days that's not a problem as there's been a 32-bit -> 64-bit
architecture switch since then which means all the macOS versions we
currently support work correctly with universal binaries containing
slices the OS does not understand.
Warmest Regards,
Mark.
--
Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/
LiveCode: Everyone can create apps
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