[Qgis-psc] Is updating of the MacOS version planned?

[Nicklas Larsson]

> On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 at 02:22, Erland Flaten via QGIS-PSC
> <qgis-psc at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hello. I just found out that the reason I couldn’t get the Lable tools to work is because the MacOS version of QGIS 3.30 has an old GDAL-thing inside.
> >
> > When I did the same operation on windows version, also 3.30, it worked fine. One thing that don’t work is change text size with Lable properties. I get error message that says the layer can’t be  set editable. The datasource is FGDB and I used the same data and files for both the PC and the Mac.
> >
> > I hope the GDAL can be updated soon, and possible other important stuff on the MacOS build aswell.
> >
> > Thanks for making an app that is very nice! I just discovered it so I am a beginner.
> 
> 
> I'd like to +1 this question, and ask PSC if the topic can be raised
> at the next PSC meeting. The MacOS builds are in a rather sorry state
> right now (my understanding is that they are on life-support only
> thanks once again to Jürgen's efforts!), and are needing some love to
> update all the library versions used and fix the notarisation
> handling. I believe a rethink in how we approach the MacOS packaging
> is overdue and a better, long-term viable solution determined....
> 
> Thanks for the consideration!
> Nyall
> 

FWIW, for the official macOS app bundle for GRASS, we use conda for
dependencies [1]. There is plenty of room for improving this app package
as a whole, but the reliability of the dependencies is high and the maintenance
is really low (mainly bumping the versions once in a while).

Best,
Nicklas


[1] build script at https://github.com/nilason/grass-conda