automated builds [Was: ZWO problem on Mac with Kstars 3.5.1]

[Hans]

- John

I have no Mac but I may be able to help with CI/CD.
Who are working on that ? And do they need help ?

-- Hans

Robert Lancaster wrote on 20210311:
> Hi John,
> 
> Yes I agree that someone else could have built it since I have invested a large amount of time over the last several years designing and maintaining scripts that should allow anyone with a recent Mac to build it along with instructions to do so.  Yes it was a simple build error that was caused by a couple of broken links in the build directory.  No it wasn’t detected because there are lots of cameras and other equipment supported by INDI and we would need to have people test every single camera and every single device with every build to guarantee that there are no issues.  I know I don’t have every camera or mount supported by INDI, nor do I have the time to do all that testing, we have to rely on others to do the testing.   The error was detected and reported a couple of weeks after the release.  Actually, before the release of 3.5.2, I modified my script to hopefully detect this kind of issue to prevent it in the future.  But we need all the testing we can get when a build is posted for testing.
> 
> I post the build usually several days to a week before the release as well as periodic builds in between releases and ask for testers to test, but we need everyone to contribute to get this information.  I along with many other folks who contribute to this project am a volunteer and my full time job was demanding a lot more of my time and attention due to the challenges posed by COVID-19.  I also needed a break from coding for awhile since I had just spent a number of months developing and integrating StellarSolver.  So I apologize that I couldn’t do it sooner, but times are a bit challenging right now.  If someone else did it when I don’t have time, I would appreciate it.
> 
> I would like to get fully automated builds from craft set up to do this in the future, but that will still require some effort before we can get there.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rob