No, please don't use a zip. From what I remember, DMG is required for notarizing the container for distribution. This was the reason for the change and it is simple enough to set the required filesystem. HFS+ is not going anywhere anytime soon, so FUD is not applicable here.
Also, adding the /Applications link is easy, it's literally a symlink. I have it in a makefile if you want: https://github.com/zkmkarlsruhe/mac-dist-helper/blob/main/Makefile-mac-dist.mk#L283 > On Aug 1, 2025, at 11:01 AM, IOhannes m zmölnig via Pd-list > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 01/08/2025 10:20, Miller Puckette via Pd-list wrote: >> Hmm.. Is there a good reason I can't just upload a zipped app instead of a >> DMG? (For instance, >> perhaps the DMG thing includes a checksum or something?) I could do that >> without even >> having to change the version number :) > > i guess it's probably OK :-) > > there is certainly no reason to ship a ZIP with a DMG inside with the app > inside (you could just ship the DMG directly). > > i don't exactly remember the reason why I went for DMGs, but i think it is > along the line that we *could* make the DMG a bit nicer, with a symlink to > the /Applications/ folder and some background graphics to instruct the users > to drag Pd into the folder to "install" it. > > iirc, that was how people in macOS land were used to self-contained install > applications (no idea what the current state of affairs is) > > we never actually implemented this though. > > > > in any case, i've changed the CI-scripts to explicitly use "-fs hfs+" in the > future. > > > fdmasr > IOhannes > > PS: mostly for miller: afaict the macOS builder machine will be mostly > offline during the next fortnight for maintenance reasons. we held back till > after the Pd release, but now is the time. this basically means that we won't > be able to produce signed & notarized binaries for the next two weeks. so the > extracting the DMG into a ZIP seems like a good short time solution. > --- > [email protected] - the Pure Data mailinglist > https://lists.iem.at/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/M5YCWUKQ36REJ3EDUEPY27FZ7NAIUKYD/ > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.iem.at/ -------- Dan Wilcox danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/> robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/>
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