Distribution for Mac OSX

[bwana]

The github site specifically states

Building from Source is Discouraged

So, is there a mac distro? or at least a how-to on compiling it on the mac??

[asker]

The github site specifically states

Building from Source is Discouraged

So, is there a mac distro? or at least a how-to on compiling it on the mac??

No, there is no mac distro. It is not a supported platform as of today.
The cmake approach is documented here - but will go away soon from the official docs in favor of building your own package (which won't work for mac)

I made progress compiling it on my mac a few months ago till a point that compilation succeeded - but never proceeded beyond that.