The more exciting, complex features are not yet tested. We still have some failing unit tests, that need investigation, as well as some other bits, described below.Īll of this means that LibreOffice should start and work on M1! So far it has had only very basic Writer & Calc testing.This allows UNO scripting to work (in theory). Then there is a first attempt at a new C++/UNO ABI bridge – we need to match Apple’s ABI by tweaking Linux’s ARM64 support to match.Patching and fixing of lots of bundled libraries to make them build cleanly.It should now possible to configure and build a native LibreOffice on a Apple Silicon, as well as cross-compiling to x86_64. The status of the workĪll of these changes are in master, or in the gerrit queue getting past our CI automation: Thank you! And thanks too to Tor Lillqvist for his patience and hard work here. This effort is made possible by the kind support of those who buy LibreOffice Vanilla in the Mac app store. As such Collabora joined the Universal App Quickstart Programme back in July and has been doing work on enabling LibreOffice for M1 since then. Nevertheless, given the code size of LibreOffice, for the best performance it makes most sense to have a pre-optimized native binary. Apple ensures this by a translation layer, so that software for Intel Macs can be used, using Rosetta translation. With the launch of the new Apple devices nearing, it is important that suitable software arrives around the same time as new hardware. Here we update you on the status of the work, and what needs to be done. The code needs to be prepared for M1, step by step. This of course means work for Collabora’s LibreOffice team too. It is always an exciting time to see freshly minted ARM based silicon arriving in the form of Apple’s massive shift to the ARM based M1.
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