Builds fail on macOS 12.3 (Monterey)

[noe2505]

Bug Report

Cordova Electron builds fail on macOS 12.3

Apple has removed support for python2, the version of electron-builder that is required by cordova-electron depends on python2 to work.

Problem

As follows, notice last line:

user@N0-2 myApp % cordova build electron
• electron-builder version=22.14.13 os=21.4.0
• writing effective config file=platforms/electron/build/builder-effective-config.yaml
• installing production dependencies platform=darwin arch=x64 appDir=/Users/user/Sites/myApp/platforms/electron/www
• packaging platform=darwin arch=x64 electron=14.0.0 appOutDir=platforms/electron/build/mac
• signing file=platforms/electron/build/mac/myApp.app identityName=Developer ID Application: Dev Name (DevID) identityHash=hash provisioningProfile=profile.profile
• building target=DMG arch=x64 file=platforms/electron/build/myApp-0.1.7.dmg
• building target=macOS zip arch=x64 file=platforms/electron/build/myApp-0.1.7-mac.zip
• building block map blockMapFile=platforms/electron/build/myApp-0.1.7-mac.zip.blockmap
Exit code: ENOENT. spawn /usr/bin/python ENOENT

What is expected to happen?

cordova build electron should run without issue

What does actually happen?

Build process interrupted with:

Exit code: ENOENT. spawn /usr/bin/python ENOENT

Information

Command or Code

cordova build electron

Environment, Platform, Device

MacOS 12.3 Monterey (released on early 2022)

Version information

Cordova: 11.0.0
cordova-electron: 3.0.0

This error is not dependant on any plugins.

Checklist

• I searched for existing GitHub issues
• I updated all Cordova tooling to most recent version
• I included all the necessary information above

[timbru31]

Crossref to the electron-builder issue: electron-userland/electron-builder#6606

[noe2505]

I guess it is true that Cordova is dead... two months on, zero action on this critical issue.