[Digikam-users] digikam 4.9.0 binary packages for OS X

[Gilles Caulier]

Shanti,

It will be appreciate to attach your DMG build scripts to this bugzilla entry :

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=257679

Thanks in advance

Gilles Caulier



2015-05-04 13:04 GMT+02:00 Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>:
> Shanti,
>
> I will review your scripts and packaging rules after 4.10.0 planned
> next week. I'm also busy with lessons writing in my office. I must
> complete it in few days.
>
> After that, i will update macports install on my Macbook pro, and i
> will try to build digiKam DMG using your scripts. I'm sure that
> questions will come.
>
> Best
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> 2015-04-17 6:18 GMT+02:00 Account, Listserv <listaccount at revenant.org>:
>> Gilles and Veaceslav -- First, I appreciate your years of work on the
>> digikam project. Thank you.
>>
>> In response to Gilles' question: The packaging script uses a staging
>> directory to hold files actually needed to run digikam and the other
>> applications. I made a list through trial and error, of libraries,
>> configuration files, icons, etc. which otool couldn't identify but which
>> should be included. These include the runtime libraries, or at least the
>> ones whose absence caused a problem that I noticed (e.g. the qtmysql
>> library). I manually added them to the list files to be run through the
>> dependency lister and copied to the package.
>>
>> I presume that manually listing files for inclusion will cause the script or
>> finished packages to break whenever the runtime dependencies change. But I'm
>> not aware of any automated way to prepare that list.
>>
>> I sent you links to download the scripts, after adding some comments.
>> Hopefully those and the readme will provide enough explanation to be
>> comprehensible. I don't mind if you put them on the git repository if that
>> would be useful, but I suggest they should be sanity-checked by someone who
>> knows what they're doing first.
>>
>> Please let me know if you have questions.
>>
>> Shanti
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Shanti,
>>>
>>> thanks to share your experience.
>>>
>>> I would to know more your your bin packaging workflow under OSX. I use
>>> MacBook pro here, so, if your host your script in digiKam git
>>> repository, i will able to build bin package for next version
>>>
>>> Your script must be documented. A text file is enough to host with
>>> script. We need to know all dependencies, settings, OSX-XCode-macports
>>> version to use, etc...
>>>
>>> Q : how did you solve KDE run time dependency with you package. For
>>> ex, digiKam still to use KIO-Slave. How did you package it ?
>>>
>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>
>>> 2015-04-16 21:12 GMT+02:00 Veaceslav Munteanu
>>> <veaceslav.munteanu90 at gmail.com>:
>>> > Hello,
>>> >
>>> > good work.
>>> >
>>> > I guess we can but your packaging scripts on the git, since we also
>>> > have different bootstrap stripts for different linux distribution.
>>> >
>>> > Having them on the git, somebody else can pick them up and improve, if
>>> > needed.
>>> >
>>> > Veaceslav
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 8:51 PM, Account, Listserv
>>> > <listaccount at revenant.org> wrote:
>>> >> I have assembled two digikam 4.9.0 binary packages for OS X, including
>>> >> external MySQL database support. They were made using bash/python
>>> >> scripts to
>>> >> build it from MacPorts in a a virtual machine. One was built with a
>>> >> +debug
>>> >> variant, the other isn't.
>>> >>
>>> >> I've seen regular requests for OS X binary packages on the web page and
>>> >> this
>>> >> list, as well as complaints about the length/complexity/reliability of
>>> >> building digikam with MacPorts. So I figure I should share -- if you
>>> >> would
>>> >> like to test them, email me directly and I'll send you a link.
>>> >>
>>> >> I'm not posting links to the list for two reasons. First, I don't want
>>> >> someone to just grab and install binary packages, expecting a stable,
>>> >> official digikam release, instead of a risky bastardized derivation
>>> >> that
>>> >> I've cobbled together. I'm not a coder. This is my first crack at
>>> >> packaging
>>> >> a MacOS application. The build/package scripts include "rm -rf" but not
>>> >> error checking.  My testing has been limited to opening digikam and
>>> >> showfoto, looking through my photos, and some photo manipulations.
>>> >> Some
>>> >> photographs I rotated using my digikam 4.0.0 package were corrupted --
>>> >> I
>>> >> don't know if that was due to my packaging. Anyone who is testing the
>>> >> packages or scripts should be very cautious -- back up the photos and
>>> >> the
>>> >> computer it's running on, test it in a VM, etc..
>>> >>
>>> >> Second, I don't think I'll have time to properly support OS X binary
>>> >> releases. From what I can tell, properly scripting this build and
>>> >> package
>>> >> process would have been be simple for someone who knows what they're
>>> >> doing.
>>> >> Due obligations and lack of skill, it's taken me over a year of
>>> >> intermittent
>>> >> work to make my clumsy scripts. I likely won't have time or skill to
>>> >> fix
>>> >> problems. If you notice something's not right (e.g. why won't the
>>> >> packaged
>>> >> versions use Aqua widgets?) you'll have to investigate and fix it
>>> >> yourself
>>> >> (then share the answer hopefully).
>>> >>
>>> >> All that said, email me off-list if you understand my cautions and are
>>> >> interested in testing -- and improving upon -- what I've put together.
>>> >>
>>> >> Shanti
>>> >>
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