Re: Help needed creating a Mac OS X installer for Frescobaldi

[Siska Ádám]

Hi,

On 2012.03.22., at 22:22, Stan Sanderson wrote:
> On Mar 22, 2012, at 4:09 PM, Rodolfo Zitellini <address@hidden> wrote:
>> I can give this a try. I tried using py2app on frescobaldi but it had
>> some issues and I didn't have time to sort them out.
>> 
>> Rodolfo
>> 
>> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Wilbert Berendsen <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> Unfortunately I don't have access to a Mac. But it would be very nice
>>> if someone is able to create an installer for the Macintosh (by
>>> creating/adapting a 'freeze.py'-like script) for Frescobaldi.
>>> 
>>> This means that an Application Bundle would be created, containing
>>> PyQt4, Python, portmidi and python-poppler-qt4. The cx_Freeze python
>>> module (also used by the freeze.py script that creates a Windows
>>> installer) is able to handle that.
>>> 
>>> Here[1] is an example of a Python script that freezes an application
>>> comparable to Frescobaldi (in that it also uses PyQt4), with support
>>> for creating a Mac DMG file containing all the needed libraries.
>>> 
>>> [1] http://code.google.com/p/iep/source/browse/freezeScript.py
>>> 
>>> Is anyone here able to understand the application bundle part of this
>>> and to create a freeze_macox.py script for Frescobaldi, based on the
>>> exising freeze.py[2] and the other example?
>>> 
>>> [2] https://github.com/wbsoft/frescobaldi/blob/master/freeze.py
>>> 
>>> Otherwise I would need to setup a donation infracture just to get a Mac
>>> for building the installer :-) (although it would also help furthering
>>> development and testing of Frescobaldi in general on Mac OS X :-)
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Wilbert Berendsen
>>> (http://www.wilbertberendsen.nl)
> 
> I would be happy to help when you get to the testing stage but haven't the 
> skills to do more. My platforms are PPC (PowerBook) and x86 (iMac) running 
> 10.5.8.
> 
> Stan

I'm also happy to help you in the testing phase, although I don't know 
Frescobaldi at all, so I might need quite specific instructions on what to test 
exactly. I'm on a MBP with 10.6.8.

Best,
Ádám