Signal won't support M1 Macs anytime soon
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Re: Signal won't support M1 Macs anytime soon
#2I am sorry, but I disagree with the notion that Signal has to support any platform, as well as a store version for Windows 10. I have an M1 and don't expect any piece of software to cater to my weird choice in platform (got it for free, nice device, but it has the usual Apple restrictions). Why should any project jump through hoops to support the Windows store? In any case, you are still free to fork or adapt it. A pull request for support still needs review and I don't think anyone has to justify not embracing it. Make a separate project to wrap it into Windows store if you really need that.
Re: Signal won't support M1 Macs anytime soon
#3They have a policy to not talk about future features? What is there to hide/protect by witholding such information I wonder. I wont speculate, would like to have someone inform me.
Signal is slowly stacking up bye-bye points from me
Re: Signal won't support M1 Macs anytime soon
#4Thankfully, the x86 version runs just fine due to the compatibility layer, so it's not a big deal, anytime soon.
Re: Signal won't support M1 Macs anytime soon
#5I am sorry, but I disagree with the notion that Signal has to support any platform, as well as a store version for Windows 10. I have an M1 and don't expect any piece of software to cater to my weird choice in platform (got it for free, nice device, but it has the usual Apple restrictions). Why should any project jump through hoops to support the Windows store? In any case, you are still free to fork or adapt it. A p…
The community already done that: https://github.com/dennisameling/signal-desktop (working on Windows & Apple ARM). Still, I think it's a shame that all the work was done, ready to be merged (needed PRs were open) and Signal devs just shut the door on it.
Re: Signal won't support M1 Macs anytime soon
#6Thankfully, the x86 version runs just fine due to the compatibility layer, so it's not a big deal, anytime soon.
It became slow and unresponsive over the months, eating more and more memory. I'm currently trying the community supported ARM version and it's a relief.
Re: Signal won't support M1 Macs anytime soon
#7I just searched, there's no result on the word fuck, someone got butthurt because their free work for apple didn't pay off.
The signal guy responds with a perfectly reasonable explaination, including explaining what a bug is, and why support of a new platform is indeed a feature.
Re: Signal won't support M1 Macs anytime soon
#8I am sorry, but I disagree with the notion that Signal has to support any platform, as well as a store version for Windows 10. I have an M1 and don't expect any piece of software to cater to my weird choice in platform (got it for free, nice device, but it has the usual Apple restrictions). Why should any project jump through hoops to support the Windows store? In any case, you are still free to fork or adapt it. A p…
The community already done that: https://github.com/dennisameling/signal-desktop (working on Windows & Apple ARM). Still, I think it's a shame that all the work was done, ready to be merged (needed PRs were open) and Signal devs just shut the door on it.
Was there an agreement beforewise with them that they would integrate it?
Re: Signal won't support M1 Macs anytime soon
#9I am sorry, but I disagree with the notion that Signal has to support any platform, as well as a store version for Windows 10. I have an M1 and don't expect any piece of software to cater to my weird choice in platform (got it for free, nice device, but it has the usual Apple restrictions). Why should any project jump through hoops to support the Windows store? In any case, you are still free to fork or adapt it. A p…
The community already done that: https://github.com/dennisameling/signal-desktop (working on Windows & Apple ARM). Still, I think it's a shame that all the work was done, ready to be merged (needed PRs were open) and Signal devs just shut the door on it.
That is awesome that they did, but as I said they would want to review these changes which can bindsa significant amount of developer time. There is probably nothing at all wrong with their pull requests, but given the nature of the app a review is important. And when support is made available by the community, I don't see the immediate issue as users have a solution to run Signal in these configurations.
Re: Signal won't support M1 Macs anytime soon
#10They have a policy to not talk about future features? What is there to hide/protect by witholding such information I wonder. I wont speculate, would like to have someone inform me. Signal is slowly stacking up bye-bye points from me
Don't know what their specific reasons are, but from the obvious "not talking about future features" benefits:
1. removes unnecessary induced expectations pressure from the outside (there's already enough of it),
2. allows to focus/arbitrate on your priorities depending on your resources. They very well may have an other higher priority item on their hands at this time.
As for accepting contributed large contributed changes may be more complex overall (not just reviewing the code for correctness, but being confident it covers appropriately all desired cases and integrates appropriately with other plans - among which long term support, also managing contributors IP).