quickpkg 2.0.0

No more python dependency, complete re-write in Swift.

New Features

• builds distribution packages by default (use --component option to revert to building component packages)
• gathers minimum required OS version from the app bundle and applies that to the package
• applies --compression latest for better pkg compression (use --compression legacy to override)

v1.0

Full Changelog: v0.8.1...v1.0

Python 3 release

Apple will remove the Python 2.7 binary at /usr/local/python from macOS in macOS Monterey 12.3.

This script is built and tested with the MacAdmins "Managed Python."

v0.8.1

• fixed dmg re-packaging which broke in 0.8

v0.8

added support for tip archives

this works with the Xcode xip download, but it takes a long time and approximately 50GB of free disk space

Consolidated Bugfixes

fixed a bug with wrong variable name and another where quickpkg would fail when a dmg with weird access privileges (Time Machine) is mounted when the script runs

Fixed symlink handling

Fixed a bug on how symlinks are copied when copying bundles with symlinks. Thanks @homebysix for pointing this out!

v0.5

Now creates non-relocatable packages by default. Can revert to relocatable packages with the --relocatable option.