fix: reduced app size by a good margin

crates/bds-ui/Cargo.toml

@@ -39,12 +39,15 @@ winresource = "0.1"
 product-name = "Blogging Desktop Server"
 identifier = "de.rfc1437.ruds"
 description = "A desktop application for writing and publishing static blogs."
-before-packaging-command = "cargo build --release -p bds-ui -p bds-cli -p bds-mcp -p bds-server"
+before-packaging-command = "cargo run --quiet -p bds-package-runtime"
+before-each-package-command = "cargo run --quiet -p bds-package-runtime -- sign-app-for-dmg"
 binaries = [
     { path = "bds-ui", main = true },
     { path = "bds-cli" },
     { path = "bds-mcp" },
-    { path = "bds-server" },
+]
+resources = [
+    { src = "../../target/release/bds-runtime/*", target = "." },
 ]
 deep-link-protocols = [{ schemes = ["ruds"] }]
 icons = [
@@ -54,8 +57,7 @@ icons = [
 ]
 
 [package.metadata.packager.macos]
-minimum-system-version = "13.0"
-signing-identity = "-"
+minimum-system-version = "26.0"
 
 [package.metadata.packager.nsis]
 installer-icon = "assets/app-icons/bds.ico"

crates/bds-ui/build.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 fn main() {
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=assets/app-icons/bds.ico");
 
+    // Wry and bds-core both reach objc2's native exception helper across
+    // separate Rust dylibs, so retain the static helper on the UI link line.
+    if std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_OS").as_deref() == Ok("macos") {
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg=-lobjc2_exception_helper_0_1");
+    }
+
     if std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_OS").as_deref() == Ok("windows") {
         winresource::WindowsResource::new()
             .set_icon("assets/app-icons/bds.ico")

crates/bds-ui/tests/packaging_assets.rs

@@ -24,22 +24,55 @@ fn desktop_packages_have_native_icons_and_cargo_commands() {
         "assets/app-icons/bds.icns",
         "identifier = \"de.rfc1437.ruds\"",
         "deep-link-protocols = [{ schemes = [\"ruds\"] }]",
-        "signing-identity = \"-\"",
-        "cargo build --release -p bds-ui -p bds-cli -p bds-mcp",
+        "minimum-system-version = \"26.0\"",
+        "../../target/release/bds-runtime/*",
+        "cargo run --quiet -p bds-package-runtime",
+        "cargo run --quiet -p bds-package-runtime -- sign-app-for-dmg",
         "{ path = \"bds-mcp\" }",
     ] {
         assert!(manifest.contains(required), "missing {required}");
     }
+    assert!(!manifest.contains("signing-identity"));
 
     let cargo_config = fs::read_to_string(Path::new(CRATE_DIR).join("../../.cargo/config.toml"))
         .expect("Cargo packaging aliases");
     for alias in ["bundle-macos", "bundle-windows", "bundle-linux"] {
         assert!(cargo_config.contains(alias), "missing cargo {alias}");
     }
+    assert!(cargo_config.contains("prefer-dynamic"));
+    assert!(cargo_config.contains("-mmacosx-version-min=26.0"));
+    assert!(cargo_config.contains("@executable_path/../Resources"));
+    assert!(cargo_config.contains("$ORIGIN/../lib/bds-ui"));
 
     let main = fs::read_to_string(Path::new(CRATE_DIR).join("src/main.rs")).unwrap();
     assert!(main.contains("assets/app-icons/bds.png"));
 
     let build = fs::read_to_string(Path::new(CRATE_DIR).join("build.rs")).unwrap();
     assert!(build.contains("set_icon(\"assets/app-icons/bds.ico\")"));
+
+    let workspace_manifest =
+        fs::read_to_string(Path::new(CRATE_DIR).join("../../Cargo.toml")).unwrap();
+    assert!(workspace_manifest.contains("strip = \"symbols\""));
+    assert!(workspace_manifest.contains("ort-download-binaries-rustls-tls"));
+
+    let core_manifest =
+        fs::read_to_string(Path::new(CRATE_DIR).join("../bds-core/Cargo.toml")).unwrap();
+    assert!(core_manifest.contains("crate-type = [\"dylib\"]"));
+    let server_manifest =
+        fs::read_to_string(Path::new(CRATE_DIR).join("../bds-server/Cargo.toml")).unwrap();
+    assert!(server_manifest.contains("crate-type = [\"dylib\"]"));
+    assert!(!manifest.contains("{ path = \"bds-server\" }"));
+    assert!(!manifest.contains("-p bds-server"));
+    assert!(
+        !Path::new(CRATE_DIR)
+            .join("../bds-server/src/main.rs")
+            .exists()
+    );
+
+    let packager =
+        fs::read_to_string(Path::new(CRATE_DIR).join("../bds-package-runtime/src/main.rs"))
+            .unwrap();
+    assert!(packager.contains("Command::new(\"codesign\")"));
+    assert!(packager.contains("CARGO_PACKAGER_FORMAT"));
+    assert!(!packager.contains("--options"));
 }