brew: add Homebrew formula for macOS - #298
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Add a Homebrew formula for qdl. Users can install the latest release or the development HEAD by tapping the repository: brew tap linux-msm/qdl https://github.com/linux-msm/qdl brew install linux-msm/qdl/qdl # latest tagged release brew install --HEAD linux-msm/qdl/qdl # tip of master Every release since the build system migrated to Meson (v2.7, v2.7.1) builds cleanly with it, so the formula uses the same Meson-based install steps for both the stable url (pinned to v2.7.1) and HEAD. Document the tap-and-install flow in README.md, along with tapping a local checkout to build and test formula changes before they land. Signed-off-by: Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@oss.qualcomm.com>
When a version tag (vX.Y) is pushed, the workflow downloads the corresponding release tarball, computes its SHA256 digest and updates Formula/qdl.rb with the new URL and hash, then commits the result back to master. This keeps the in-tree formula in sync with each release without any manual intervention. Signed-off-by: Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@oss.qualcomm.com>
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Although I like the idea of adding a Homebrew formula for QDL, I’m against direct bot pushes to master and keeping the formula file inside the repostiory,
IMO a separate linux-msm/homebrew-qdl tap repo is the conventional route, and it would dissolve most of the workflow problems. User could just run brew tap linux-msm/qdl in this case and brew will auto-resolve homebrew-qdl rep + no bot commits to qdl's master are needed + brew update will pull only formula-containing repo instead the whole QDL repo.
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Summary
Formula/qdl.rb) so macOS users can install qdlvia
brew tap linux-msm/qdl https://github.com/linux-msm/qdlfollowedby
brew install --HEAD linux-msm/qdl/qdl.--HEAD(Meson) and the stable v2.6 release(GNU Make), since the build system migrated to Meson after v2.6.
.github/workflows/brew.yml) that, on each versiontag push, downloads the release tarball, computes its SHA256, and
updates
Formula/qdl.rbautomatically so the in-tree formula stays insync with releases without manual intervention.
Test plan
meson setup build && meson compile -C buildsucceeds on macOS(Homebrew libusb, libxml2, libzip, meson, ninja, help2man)
meson compile manpages -C build && meson install -C build --destdir ...installs
qdlandqdl.1as the formula's HEAD install block expectsGitHub release archive
meson compile check-range -C build(checkpatch) passes clean onboth commits
rationale body, Signed-off-by trailer)