Experimental Mac package

[Dirk Hohndel]

On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:10:05 -0800, Dirk Hohndel <dirk at hohndel.org> wrote:
> 
> If you’d like to help test the Mac version of subsurface, please 
> head over to the Downloads page and test the DMG that I have provided there.
> http://subsurface.hohndel.org/downloads/
> 
> There are a number of different possible ways one could package a gtk 
> application for the Mac – and I don’t really like any of them. So I decided 
> to invent a new one… this one contains a somewhat cut down (but likely 
> still too rich) custom build of gtk, libusb and libdivecomputer that are all 
> installed inside of the actual application. Because of that I am almost 
> certain that this will NOT work unless the application inside this DMG 
> is copied to the /Applications folder.
> 
> I am open to suggestions for improvements to the packaging process, 
> as long as they don't involve the user downloading and installing any
> other package first - that to me is not an option.

update - I did some tracing of the app on the Mac and significantly
reduced the size of the DMG - it's now down to 18M.

Happy New Year :-)

/D