Re: Lilypond on OS X Catalina

[David Kastrup]

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.

-- 
David Kastrup