[Qgis-psc] MacOS maintenance

[Denis Rouzaud]

Dear PSC,

Is there any news on this front?

Kind regards,
Denis

Le jeu. 10 févr. 2022 à 11:49, Denis Rouzaud <denis.rouzaud at gmail.com> a
écrit :

> Dear PSC,
>
>
> After some internal discussions at OPENGIS.ch, I would like to raise my
> interest and motivation for being involved in the MacOS packaging and
> maintenance.
>
>
> It has been already discussed with Peter who is happy to step back from
> macos maintenance.
>
> As a small recap of the technical situation, the current dependency build
> system is based on an old work from Matthias, Osgeo4a. It has been used
> until recently for QField too, but was switched to a generic and actively
> maintained package management system: Microsoft’s vcpkg because of the huge
> maintenance overhead.
>
> A complete rewrite of the current dependencies build system sounds
> premature though.
>
> I would like to propose the following approach:
>
>    -
>
>    We get involved into the packaging for MacOS, taking over current
>    Lutra’s assignment for 2022
>    -
>
>    We spend the available time in budget (5000 € at 110€/h, including the
>    notarization, correct me if I’m wrong) to
>    -
>
>       update the deps to a recent state
>       -
>
>       build and bundle next releases 3.24+
>       -
>
>       try to bring the notarization with this release
>       -
>
>       try to bring the build of deps and maybe QGIS into a CI
>
>
>
>    -
>
>    I believe this would be very difficult with the available time, and
>    would propose to report back when I reach 80% of the budget. We would then
>    discuss on the possible approaches (financing, an official sponsorship from
>    OPENGIS.ch, maybe some “free” work from other contributors)
>
>
> For the future, we believe that the maintenance of the dependency
> management system should not be on QGIS alone and instead should be
> mutualized among platforms, developers and with the industry. Be it vcpkg
> or something else, we should introduce an actively maintained solution.
> This is a future yet unplanned work, but I would like to mention this to
> clearly state our vision regarding the optimal solution after 2022.
>
> Last but not least is the question of the arm packages for MacOS. I think
> that I would be able to bring a roadmap and work estimation once I’ve
> worked a bit more on our packaging system. I think we could plan something
> before the end of the year.
>
> What are your thoughts regarding the finances for these two things
> (dependency management system and arm packages for QGIS)? Is this something
> that must be postponed to 2023 or would it still be possible this year?
>
>
>
> Please let me know your thoughts.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Denis
>
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