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Test and support macOS

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
docker, python
Domain
devops, testing-qa

Research direction

Start with the README quick start and ./etchwork test on macOS, following the listed risk points in libexec/build.sh. Check behavior on both Intel and Apple Silicon, including Docker and image architecture differences. Done means the quick start and tests work on both Macs, with a macOS CI job added if needed.

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Description

enhancement help wanted

The README says macOS is untested. Known risk points:

  • libexec/build.sh falls back to shasum -a 256 where sha256sum is missing;
  • /bin/sh behaviour differences (the build script already works around dash vs bash);
  • Docker Desktop vs Docker Engine, --user $(id -u):$(id -g) mounts, and arm64 vs the amd64 KiCad image.

Run the README quick start and ./etchwork test on macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon) and fix what breaks. A macOS CI job would close this.

Dominant language
Python
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Forks
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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