On 2026/03/03 16:05, Pavel Sanda via lyx-users wrote: [...] >> > IIRC the solutions seen: >> > 1) someone creates homebrew formula to build mac binaries from source. >> > 2) pay ransom to Apple to "certify" our package. >> > 3) ask some other dev from TeX-osphere with existing account to sign for >> > us. >>>> >>> Option 2 is probably easiset and most generic but also most >>> morally doubtful. >> >> And option 1 is the "correct" solution, isn't it? > > Well, it would mean that anyone who wants lyx on mac has to install > homebrew first. Some people might not like to install whole package > manager just to get lyx.
That is not correct, as there is a working DMG for the Mac. Only Homebrew users are affected by this. > The upside might be that at the end Stephan does not need to prepare > binaries anymore and the whole build process becomes automatized and > transparent (little bit like in gentoo linux, where you prepare only > build scripts and not binary packages, debian is slowly getting > there via git/salsa based pipeline). > > How difficult is to built this on mac with all dependencies in place > only Stephan knows (e.g. do we need/insert specific libraries etc> like for > windows?). > > The transparency and decreasing the bus factor is probably what I > like most on the solution 1. I like the automated process, and my little company can sponsor (some of) the work, if need be. We did sponsor Stephan's Mac after all :-)-O el -- lyx-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
