Re: Enigma 1.30 beta

[Sidney Markowitz]

The macOS build of Enigma 1.30 beta is coming along fine.

I've been able to test my changes on Mac and Linux, but I don't know how 
to build on Windows to ensure I don't break anything. The 
doc/README.mingw32 file still contains instructions for 32 bit build and 
SDL 1.2, so I assume that it is not current. Or should it all just work 
if I follow those instructions using SDL 2 instead of 1.2?


What I have so far:

The Homebrew formula builds Enigma so it can be launched from the 
command line, without building an Enigma.app bundle. This should allow 
the formula to meet all the requirements to be accepted into the 
Homebrew core distribution once there exists a stable 1.30 release (they 
don't accept betas).

The formula successfully runs in Github's actions for Homebrew, which 
means that pre-built Homebrew "bottles" of Enigma will be stored on 
Github so that Enigma will be installed using Homebrew without users 
having to compile from sources.

The formula successfully works in Homebrew for Linux.

When the formula is used to build Enigma from the git repo instead of 
the release, it automatically runs make dist to produce a distribution 
source tarball.

Homebrew core does not accept anything that create an app bundle. I'm 
creating a formula that will live in a Tap on our Github project that 
you can use to install a command enigmabuilddmg that will bundle the 
command line copy of Enigma into an Enigma.app and create a distribution 
dmg file. The app bundle will contain all required libraries to allow it 
to run on a Mac that does not have Homebrew installed.


Regards,

 Sidney