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Title: OS X downloads confusion
Post by: Auria on May 18, 2007, 01:46:06 AM
Taken from the page on BerliOS with mac binaries (http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5358):
   
Mac OS X 10.4 binaries (Universal)
CB_20060914_rev2976_macx86.zip   
ArcH :i386
.zip

Is it universal or not? (to non-mac users: universal = both PPC and x86 arch compatible) I think this should be clarified because now it says yes and no at the same time.
Title: Re: OS X downloads confusion
Post by: mandrav on May 18, 2007, 08:42:27 AM
I 'd say "trust what the package says". Maybe berlios doesn't have a "universal" arch to select when releasing a file (I haven't noticed). But if afb released a file which contains the word "universal" in its name, I 'd say trust afb :).
Title: Re: OS X downloads confusion
Post by: afb on May 18, 2007, 09:32:20 AM
Quote from: Auria on May 18, 2007, 01:46:06 AM
Taken from the page on BerliOS with mac binaries (http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5358):
   
Mac OS X 10.4 binaries (Universal)
CB_20060914_rev2976_macx86.zip   
ArcH :i386
.zip

Is it universal or not? (to non-mac users: universal = both PPC and x86 arch compatible) I think this should be clarified because now it says yes and no at the same time.

It's not really any confusion. Originally we had a PowerPC version called "macppc" for Mac OS X 10.3 that worked on Intel too (using Rosetta). Now we have a Universal version called "macx86" for Mac OS X 10.4 that works on Intel but also works on PowerPC (since it has binaries for both architectures). So all the binaries released are Universal, and they should work on PPC - except for the bugs of course ;-)

BTW: The last release said "mac264" (for wx 2.6.4) and "mac284" (for wx 2.8.4) instead...

Quote from: mandrav on May 18, 2007, 08:42:27 AM
Maybe berlios doesn't have a "universal" arch to select when releasing a file (I haven't noticed).

Exactly, BerliOS doesn't have a universal arch to choose from but still demands that you choose one...

SourceForge has added one, but BerliOS haven't caught up yet.
Title: Re: OS X downloads confusion
Post by: Auria on May 18, 2007, 02:53:58 PM
Ok thanks
I kinda figured out there was no universal architecture, but then I thought you'd put 'universal' in the file name and not 'x86' ;) well the new names (mac284) are good so no problem

QuoteI 'd say "trust what the package says".
Well exactly they had 'x86' in the name despite being universal so that's a bit misleading  :)