Binaries are gigantic. about nwjs-shell-builder

[sanusart]

He @ryanpcmcquen last build we used NW was 0.12 to tell the truth :(
I am not even sure this script is running.

Maybe try to wget https://github.com/Gisto/nwjs-shell-builder/archive/d4484401a9c5475e9cf9cdd36d3314e5111f5333.zip, I think this is last version I was able to build NW 0.12.

We've switched to electron for newer Gisto because NW was a hell to package. Feel free to ask if anything If I can I'll try to assist.

[digason]

@ryanpcmcquen @sanusart

The following commit may resolve your build bloat. My macOS builds on a very small project reduced by about 60%

ec64473

[digason]

On macOS, one way to slim down would be to not have two separate copies at:

Contents/Versions/[version]/nwjs Framework.framework/Versions/A
Contents/Versions/[version]/nwjs Framework.framework/Versions/Current

In this case, Current should be a symlink to A.

[digason]

On further inspection, there are actually three copies:

Contents/Versions/[version]/nwjs Framework.framework
Contents/Versions/[version]/nwjs Framework.framework/Versions/A
Contents/Versions/[version]/nwjs Framework.framework/Versions/Current

With the only difference being that the root version also contains:

libffmpeg.dylib
libnode.dylib

Which raises the question, is the Versions directory in the app build even needed?

[ayushmanchhabra]

Resolved in #13