[GitHub] [netbeans] oyarzun commented on pull request #2563: [NETBEANS-5004] Replace script with native macOS executable

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oyarzun commented on pull request #2563:
URL: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2563#issuecomment-765479028


   @neilcsmith-net 
   
   > we need to consider how best to test it?
   
   macOS users could test the launcher using their NetBeans 12.2 installation by replacing the symlink (to the shell script) with the native launcher.
   
   1. Get the launcher source from this PR in `nb/ide.launcher/macosx`.
   2. Install Xcode if not already installed.
   3. Compile the swift launcher.
       ```
       cd nb/ide.launcher/macosx
       swift build -c release
       ```
   4. Replace launcher.
       ```
       sudo rm /Applications/NetBeans/Apache\ NetBeans\ 12.2.app/Contents/MacOS/netbeans
       sudo cp .build/x86_64-apple-macosx/release/NetBeansLauncher /Applications/NetBeans/Apache\ NetBeans\ 12.2.app/Contents/MacOS/netbeans
       ``` 
   
   
   > Built like the Windows launcher may be better there
   
   For the NetBeans launcher, I do not see this as a better approach right now. Currently, there are bug fixes to native code that have been merged, but have never been rebuilt and uploaded to https://netbeans.osuosl.org/binaries/.
   
   For the RCP launcher, this is a must to allow RCP developers to be able to package macOS app bundles on Windows or Linux.
   
   Thankfully, @lbruun has begun to work on a solution to leverage GitHub Actions to build the native code in PR #2700.
   But there is still the issue of uploading the binaries to https://netbeans.osuosl.org/binaries/. A manual procedure that needs to be performed by a PMC member.
   
   
   **NOTE apache/netbeans-jenkins-lib#23 also needs to be merged for the native NB launcher to be built when generating the macOS installer.**


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