Re: Lilypond on OS X Catalina

[Hans Åberg]

> On 18 Oct 2019, at 01:39, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Hans Åberg <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>>> On 18 Oct 2019, at 00:30, Karlin High <address@hidden> 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.
> 
> That's something that could be changed at some cost if it were
> significant.

Yes, something for the future.