Updates and cleanup of multi-patform build tests (#212)

- Simplify creation of build matrix.
 - Added macos-latest build
 - Renamed VERSION to VERSION.txt, this was problematic on macos build
 - Added placeholders for installing optional dependencies for windows and macos builds in the future.

.github/workflows/build-tests.yml

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 #     - ubuntu-latest  - clang
 #     - ubuntu-24.04   - gcc   (For backwards compatablity)
 #     - windows-latest - cl
+#     - macos-latest   - clang
 #
 # TODO:
-#     - macos
+#     - install optional dependencies for windows-latest and macos-latest
-#     - install optional dependencies for windows-latest test build
       
 
 name: Multi-Platform Build Tests
@@ -25,33 +25,27 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
 
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, ubuntu-22.04, windows-latest]
-        build_type: [Release]
-        c_compiler: [gcc, clang, cl]
         include:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
+            build_type: Release
             c_compiler: gcc
             cpp_compiler: g++
           - os: ubuntu-latest
+            build_type: Release
             c_compiler: clang
             cpp_compiler: clang++
           - os: ubuntu-22.04
+            build_type: Release
             c_compiler: gcc
             cpp_compiler: g++
           - os: windows-latest
+            build_type: Release
             c_compiler: cl
             cpp_compiler: cl
-        exclude:
+          - os: macos-latest
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            build_type: Release
-            c_compiler: cl
-          - os: ubuntu-22.04
-            c_compiler: clang
-          - os: ubuntu-22.04
-            c_compiler: cl
-          - os: windows-latest
-            c_compiler: gcc
-          - os: windows-latest
             c_compiler: clang
+            cpp_compiler: clang++
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
@@ -61,8 +55,8 @@ jobs:
         fetch-depth: 0
 
     - name: Install optional dependencies (Ubuntu)
-      shell: bash
       if: startsWith( matrix.os, 'ubuntu-' )
+      shell: bash
       run: |
         # install packages
         sudo apt-get update
@@ -75,6 +69,18 @@ jobs:
         #    trying to build qzint
         wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/zint/zint/2.6.5/zint-2.6.5.tar.gz && tar xzf zint-2.6.5.tar.gz && ( cd zint-2.6.5 && mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. && make && sudo make install )
 
+    - name: Install optional dependencies (Windows)
+      if: startsWith( matrix.os, 'windows-' )
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        # install packages
+
+    - name: Install optional dependencies (MacOS)
+      if: startsWith( matrix.os, 'macos-' )
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        # install packages
+
     - name: Install Qt
       uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v4
       with:
@@ -108,3 +114,8 @@ jobs:
       if: startsWith( matrix.os, 'windows-' )
       working-directory: ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }}
       run: ctest --build-config ${{ matrix.build_type }}
+
+    - name: Test (MacOS)
+      if: startsWith( matrix.os, 'macos-' )
+      working-directory: ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }}
+      run: ctest --build-config ${{ matrix.build_type }}

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ set(VERSION_STRING "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}-${BRANCH}$
 set(LONG_VERSION_STRING "${VERSION_STRING} (${COMMIT_HASH} ${COMMIT_DATE})")
 
 # Auto-generate version file
-configure_file (.version.in VERSION @ONLY)
+configure_file (VERSION.txt.in VERSION.txt @ONLY)
 
 
 #=======================================

README.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ gLabels-qt is the development version of the next major version of gLabels (a.k.
 
 ## What's new in gLabels 4?
 
-- A complete rewrite, based on the Qt5 framework.
+- A complete rewrite, based on the Qt6 framework.
 - A new UI layout based on common activities.
 - Cross-platform support
 - User-defined variables
@@ -88,4 +88,3 @@ restrictive licensing:
    label database.  No copyright is claimed on the facts contained within
    the database and can be used for any purpose.  The files themselves are
    licensed using the MIT/X license.  See [templates/LICENSE](templates/LICENSE).
-