KStars macOS development version hanging on opening an image file.
After opening KStars in run mode, macOS asks for permission to read directories which causes KStars and Qt Creator (QtC) to hang/become non-responsive. I followed the installation and setup instruction from https://github.com/rlancaste/kstars-on-osx-craft . There are some exceptions to the setup noted in the file here: macOS_install_notes.txt.
I googled but didn't find an easy way for macOS not to ask the permissions anymore. Furthermore, when the app is executed and macOS does not ask them the process still hangs. The log is attached here: log_17-43-31.txt.
17:43:30: Starting /Users/jd/AstroRoot/craft-root/download/git/kde/applications/build-kstars-Craft_Kit-Debug/bin/kstars.app/Contents/MacOS/kstars...
QML debugging is enabled. Only use this in a safe environment.
Call to writableLocation without an application-based location.
2022-12-11 17:45:34.396 kstars[96941:828373] +[CATransaction synchronize] called within transaction
17:45:35: /Users/jd/AstroRoot/craft-root/download/git/kde/applications/build-kstars-Craft_Kit-Debug/bin/kstars.app/Contents/MacOS/kstars crashed.
The same workflow with QtC under Ubuntu works fine; data not shown.
Please tag this issue with "development" as it is not present in the current release build. Also tag with "macOS".
A screen recording of the workflow is given here.