Jamil bd3f912542 refactor(apple/macos): Use System Extension packaging mode for macOS Network Extension (#7344) ...

To allow macOS users to rollback, it would be helpful to distribute a
standalone macOS app, similar to how we distribute the GUI client.

The first step in this process is to refactor the macOS client to use a
System Extension -based Network Extension rather than an App Extension
based one. This offers us the flexibility to distribute the macOS client
outside the Mac App Store in addition to via the store.

For this PR I focused on making the minimal set of changes necessary to
support this change. This PR intentionally doesn't update the CI
pipeline to notarize and attach a standalone bundle that will run ad-hoc
on other Macs. That will come in a subsequent PR.

One thing to note about System Extensions is that they're slightly more
finicky when it comes to getting the signing and packaging right. Thus,
the README.md is updated to account for the gotchas involved in
developing System Extensions locally.

Related: #7071.

2024-12-04 05:34:25 +00:00

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refactor(apple/macos): Use System Extension packaging mode for macOS Network Extension (#7344)

2024-12-04 05:34:25 +00:00