Hello all, Just a clarification - the bug about dashes in menus in standalones on Big Sur is:
https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23009 and not https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23013 BTW, could someone that has a M1 Mac confirm that in the LC 9.6.2 RC-1 IDE there are no dashes in front of the menus - in other words that this bug is fixed: https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22955 Thank you! Kind regards, Panos -- On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 at 01:07, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Paul: > > > we have several customer who have said > > they are upgrading to M1 laptops > > Yes; important to support! I'm looking in that direction too. It'll be > popular, plus it's what I can afford. Many people in the same boat. > > (Backstory: Apple's biz model forces Apple to force us to spend on > hardware. The mobile herd sticks with Apple, so the dev herd does too, > so wallets must open and notes must rain down. But not satisfied yet > with the rain from software tweaks, so now hardware tweaks too.) > > I'm planning to get an M1 Mac this year, to get back on the bleeding > edge for a while. It's time. My old Mac hardware is still perfectly > good, it was well-built and has zero issues, but finally has been pushed > into what will soon be an untenable corner by the combo of new OS to > support and new chip to support. But the older Mac will continue to > serve for testing and for transition dev if needed. > > > a sense of when LC 9.6.2 STABLE may be out? > > Could be roughly predicted, maybe, by looking at what they are working > on. I actually agree with LC's anti release date policy; announcing firm > dates is just begging for another issue to pop up. But since Apple's biz > model places so much pressure on devs to keep up, a sense would be good. > Especially since third-party addons and widgets also have to keep up > with our ecosystem. > > (Another backstory: Don't forget the stable/stable linguistic play; I've > seen RCs here that were actually more "stable" than the final, because > glitches, regressions, and extra bugs are sometimes - perhaps often - > introduced in the very process of fixing bugs. Depending on a stable to > be stable is a gamble, and depending on the specific features in an app, > there are times when the RC is more reliable. Nevertheless I really hate > to publish anything with an RC; only when forced to do so.) > > BTW, Paul knows all of this very well. I'm just replying publicly in > case the backstories will benefit other readers here in the process. :) > > Best wishes, > > Curry Kenworthy > > Custom Software Development > "Better Methods, Better Results" > LiveCode Training and Consulting > http://livecodeconsulting.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode