Allow building Persepolis from source on macOS
iFreilicht opened this issue · comments
System Details:
- Operating System: macOS
- Persepolis Version: 4.0.0
- How do you install Persepolis? source
Issue Description and steps to reproduce:
Right now, it is pretty difficult to build Persepolis from source on macOS. In nixpkgs, we maintain multiple patches (see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/6d38aff4fc4f8b7606262ddb45e361e1c2863892/pkgs/tools/networking/persepolis) to make it possible.
I would like to upstream these patches to this repository, so that everyone is able to build Persepolis from source on macOS.
@alireza-amirsamimi Would you accept a PR that enables this? I'll gladly write it! I know that you build Persepolis for macOS with https://github.com/persepolisdm/mac-package-build, but for third party repositories like nixpkgs, HomeBrew or MacPorts, having a canonical way to build from source is very helpful.
Hey @iFreilicht,
Thanks for diving into this. Your work on the nixpkgs is pretty cool, and it's clear you've put a lot of effort into it.
We're all for having a unified process to build Persepolis from the source across all major systems.
Also, we're planning to transition to the Meson build system soon since setup.py is on its way out.
Regarding the mac-package-build repo, you're right; it's somewhat outdated. Currently, it serves more as a set of instructions for us, but we're eager to update and improve it. (any ideas or contributions are more than welcome!)
Ok, that sounds awesome! Please ping me once you have a branch with Meson ready to test, I'll gladly try it out and offer feedback!