Cache compiles in the macOS build script, including Xcode builds (#16553)

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -288,6 +288,19 @@ if (APPLE)
     # Type"); Ninja/-Wall does not, and under -Werror it fails Xcode builds on code CI accepts.
     set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_GCC_WARN_64_TO_32_BIT_CONVERSION "NO")
 
+    # The Xcode generator ignores CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_LAUNCHER, so hand the launcher to
+    # Xcode's own Compiler Launcher setting, which wraps every clang compile (C, C++,
+    # Objective-C++ and the precompiled header) with one program: the C++ launcher wins when
+    # both are set. The setting takes a single program path, not a CMake launcher list.
+    # Xcode versions without it ignore it and build uncached.
+    if (CMAKE_GENERATOR STREQUAL "Xcode")
+        if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER)
+            set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER}")
+        elseif (CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER)
+            set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER}")
+        endif ()
+    endif ()
+
     message(STATUS "Orca: IS_CROSS_COMPILE: ${IS_CROSS_COMPILE}")
 elseif (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
     set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "$ORIGIN")

build_release_macos.sh

@@ -111,6 +111,54 @@ else
   export CMAKE_POLICY_COMPAT=""
 fi
 
+# Compiler cache, as in build_linux.sh. The program comes from CMAKE_CCACHE, else from a
+# launcher already set in the environment (the CI build sets ccache there), else sccache or
+# ccache from PATH; one program serves both languages. Each run applies its own choice to the
+# build directories, replacing a launcher an earlier run or a hand-run configure recorded.
+CMAKE_CCACHE_ARGS=()
+CCACHE_VAR=""
+for var in CMAKE_CCACHE CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER; do
+    if [ -n "${!var:-}" ]; then
+        CCACHE_VAR=$var
+        break
+    fi
+done
+if [ -n "$CCACHE_VAR" ]; then
+    CCACHE_PROGRAM=${!CCACHE_VAR}
+    echo "Checking ${CCACHE_VAR} environment variable for compiler cache program..."
+    CMAKE_CCACHE=$(command -v "${CCACHE_PROGRAM}") || {
+        echo "${CCACHE_VAR} environment variable is set to '${CCACHE_PROGRAM}' but it was not found in PATH."
+        CMAKE_CCACHE=""
+    }
+elif command -v sccache >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+    CMAKE_CCACHE=$(command -v sccache)
+elif command -v ccache >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+    CMAKE_CCACHE=$(command -v ccache)
+fi
+if [ -n "${CMAKE_CCACHE}" ] ; then
+    echo "${CMAKE_CCACHE} found, enabling compiler caching..."
+    CMAKE_CCACHE_ARGS=(-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER="${CMAKE_CCACHE}" -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER="${CMAKE_CCACHE}")
+    # The same ccache settings as the CI build. Without this sloppiness ccache refuses every
+    # compile that uses the precompiled header, which is most of OrcaSlicer, and skips headers
+    # a checkout has just written. It is added to the sloppiness already configured, and
+    # CCACHE_SLOPPINESS or CCACHE_(NO)DEPEND set in the environment win.
+    if [[ "$(basename "${CMAKE_CCACHE}")" == ccache ]] ; then
+        if [[ -z "${CCACHE_SLOPPINESS+x}" ]] ; then
+            CCACHE_SLOPPINESS=$("${CMAKE_CCACHE}" --get-config sloppiness 2>/dev/null || true)
+            export CCACHE_SLOPPINESS="${CCACHE_SLOPPINESS:+${CCACHE_SLOPPINESS},}pch_defines,time_macros,include_file_mtime,include_file_ctime"
+        fi
+        # Hash the includes the compiler reports instead of preprocessing every miss.
+        if [[ -z "${CCACHE_DEPEND+x}${CCACHE_NODEPEND+x}" ]] ; then
+            export CCACHE_DEPEND=1
+        fi
+    fi
+else
+    echo "Note: ccache or sccache are not found. Install either of them for faster rebuilds."
+    # Clear a launcher recorded by an earlier configure. The entries must be set empty rather
+    # than removed: CMake fills a missing launcher entry from the environment.
+    CMAKE_CCACHE_ARGS=(-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER:STRING= -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER:STRING=)
+fi
+
 echo "Build params:"
 echo " - ARCH: $ARCH"
 echo " - BUILD_CONFIG: $BUILD_CONFIG"
@@ -162,6 +210,7 @@ function build_deps() {
                         -DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES:STRING="${_ARCH}" \
                         -DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="${OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}" \
                         -DCMAKE_IGNORE_PREFIX_PATH="${CMAKE_IGNORE_PREFIX_PATH}" \
+                        "${CMAKE_CCACHE_ARGS[@]}" \
                         ${CMAKE_POLICY_COMPAT}
                 fi
                 cmake --build . --config "$BUILD_CONFIG" --target deps
@@ -264,6 +313,7 @@ function build_slicer() {
                     -DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES="${_ARCH}" \
                     -DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="${OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}" \
                     -DCMAKE_IGNORE_PREFIX_PATH="${CMAKE_IGNORE_PREFIX_PATH}" \
+                    "${CMAKE_CCACHE_ARGS[@]}" \
                     ${CMAKE_POLICY_COMPAT}
             fi
             cmake --build . --config "$BUILD_CONFIG" --target "$SLICER_BUILD_TARGET"

scripts/flatpak/com.orcaslicer.OrcaSlicer.metainfo.xml

@@ -45,28 +45,10 @@
         <color type="primary" scheme_preference="dark">#00695C</color>
     </branding>
     <releases>
-        <release version="2.5.0-alpha" date="2026-10-14" type="development">
-            <url type="details">https://www.orcaslicer.com/wiki/releases/release_2_5_0_alpha</url>
+        <release version="2.5.0-dev" date="2026-06-22" type="development">
+            <url type="details">https://github.com/OrcaSlicer/OrcaSlicer/releases/tag/nightly-builds</url>
             <description>
-                <p>See the release page for detailed changelog of OrcaSlicer 2.5.0-alpha release.</p>
-            </description>
-        </release>
-        <release version="2.4.2" date="2026-07-26">
-            <url type="details">https://www.orcaslicer.com/wiki/releases/release_2_4_2</url>
-            <description>
-                <p>See the release page for detailed changelog of OrcaSlicer 2.4.2 release.</p>
-            </description>
-        </release>
-        <release version="2.4.1" date="2026-06-26">
-            <url type="details">https://www.orcaslicer.com/wiki/releases/release_2_4_1</url>
-            <description>
-                <p>See the release page for detailed changelog of OrcaSlicer 2.4.1 release.</p>
-            </description>
-        </release>
-        <release version="2.4.0" date="2026-06-20">
-            <url type="details">https://www.orcaslicer.com/wiki/releases/release_2_4_0</url>
-            <description>
-                <p>See the release page for detailed changelog of OrcaSlicer 2.4.0 release.</p>
+                <p>See the release page for detailed changelog.</p>
             </description>
         </release>
         <release version="2.3.2" date="2025-03-23">

version.inc

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set(SLIC3R_APP_KEY "OrcaSlicer")
 if(NOT DEFINED BBL_INTERNAL_TESTING)
 set(BBL_INTERNAL_TESTING "0")
 endif()
-set(SoftFever_VERSION "2.5.0-alpha")
+set(SoftFever_VERSION "2.5.0-dev")
 string(REGEX MATCH "^([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)"
        SoftFever_VERSION_MATCH ${SoftFever_VERSION})
 set(ORCA_VERSION_MAJOR ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})