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DX7 FM multi plaform/multi format plugin
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macOS’ Dexed.app has unchanging version numbers #316

Closed vitorgalvao closed 2 years ago

vitorgalvao commented 3 years ago

To accurately display version information, macOS apps need to have the CFBundleVersion and CFBundleShortVersionString tags in Info.plist.

In Dexed.app they’re at a fixed 1.0.0 instead of the release number. If numbers are not set during the build process, they can be changed after it’s done by directly editing the Info.plist:

# Change these values
app_path='/PATH/TO/APP/HERE'
app_version='VERSION NUMBER HERE'

# Keep these as they are
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :CFBundleVersion string ${app_version}" "${app_path}/Contents/Info.plist"
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :CFBundleShortVersionString string ${app_version}" "${app_path}/Contents/Info.plist"

That would use the same version number for both fields. Technically they should be different, but even having both the same would be a major improvement.

Accurate versions numbers are important for macOS to know which app to open in ambiguous situations; for users (who expect to see them in the Finder); and for accurate interoperability with other apps.

asb2m10 commented 2 years ago

There is a historical reason behind this. Changing the version to 0.9.x actually breaks plugin DAW compatibilities. Until Dexed version is below 1, I will have to keep this. But once we get to 1.0, the version will be set accordingly.