When will Rosetta be enabled again by default on macOS? Is it in 5.7.0?

[herrernst]

I'm not even running Tahoe, so it shouldn't be a problem nonetheless?

Maybe related: #27601

[Luap99]

I'm not even running Tahoe, so it shouldn't be a problem nonetheless?

Well then this is exactly a problem because rosetta only works there with the newer linux kernels.

I don't think we have a plan to enable rosetta again anytime soon. Given apple doesn't seem to care enough I rather not go down there again just for the next update to break it again.

Also in that regard we switch the default in 6.0 to libkrun which doesn't support rosetta at all so it seem of little value to me to have that enabled by default with applehv.

cc @baude

[herrernst]

Doesn't using Rosetta give a huge performance boost? Why the switch to libkrun then, and why doesn't libkrun bother to support Rosetta?

[baude]

Apple fixed rosetta in Tahoe. I have verified that. It was not re-enabled in 5.7 because the predominant operating system in use is sequoa where apple declined to fix this problem. if you are using the older os AND you really, really need rosetta, consider using an older version of podman. as @Luap99 points out, this is really out of our control. and for the record, if you are using tahoe, you just need to enable.

This blog gives some background on the issue.

[theholy7]

Hi @baude - I am digging through some issues I am having with the MSSQL server 2019, and I think it might be related to podman and this issue.

This is because I always update podman, and my colleagues don't update as often. It stopped working for me but not for them.
Can you check microsoft/mssql-docker#945 and give me your two cents?

Sorry for asking so bluntly, but I have no idea where else to search. :(

PS:
Maybe a further clue: #27078