Easier compilation and i18n on Mac #868

2026-06-13T20:00:12Z

ineiti commented

2026-06-13 20:00:12 +00:00

Devbox is a nice shell-configuration tool which replaces your PATH to point to nix-installed packages:

https://www.jetify.com/docs/devbox/installing-devbox

This allows to have a well-defined developer environment.

This also changes the Makefile to compile xgettext, because the download of the binary only works for Linux.

Devbox is a nice shell-configuration tool which replaces your PATH to point to nix-installed packages: https://www.jetify.com/docs/devbox/installing-devbox This allows to have a well-defined developer environment. This also changes the Makefile to compile xgettext, because the download of the binary only works for Linux.

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Adding devbox and compile xgettext on Mac

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Devbox is a nice shell-configuration tool which replaces your PATH
to point to nix-installed packages:

https://www.jetify.com/docs/devbox/installing-devbox

This allows to have a well-defined developer environment.

This also changes the Makefile to compile xgettext, because the
download of the binary only works for Linux.

ineiti changed title from ~~Adding devbox and compile xgettext on Mac~~ to Easier compilation and i18n on Mac

2026-06-13 20:01:10 +00:00

decentral1se reviewed 2026-06-14 09:13:28 +00:00

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TBH, I don't really see the need to commit this, since I have no idea if other people are actually using it.

Another approach would be to just git ignore these files. There are endless shared configurations for workstations and I don't know if we want to take them on in the abra repo forever, e.g. if you are not still hacking on abra in 6 months, then these files are pretty mysterious 🙃

You could also push your changes to docs.coopcloud.tech as "how to use devbox with abra hacking" so it's not a wasted effort of sharing it.

I like the xgettext-go change! Shall we just take that one?

TBH, I don't really see the need to commit this, since I have no idea if other people are actually using it. Another approach would be to just git ignore these files. There are endless shared configurations for workstations and I don't know if we want to take them on in the `abra` repo forever, e.g. if you are not still hacking on `abra` in 6 months, then these files are pretty mysterious 🙃 You could also push your changes to docs.coopcloud.tech as "how to use devbox with abra hacking" so it's not a wasted effort of sharing it. I like the `xgettext-go` change! Shall we just take that one?

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ineiti commented

2026-06-14 16:38:44 +00:00