build: use the same optimization level for regular and debuginfo builds

build.zig

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const optimize_deps = .ReleaseFast;
 
 pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
-    const release = b.option(bool, "package_release", "Build all release targets") orelse false;
     const tracy_enabled = b.option(bool, "enable_tracy", "Enable tracy client library (default: no)") orelse false;
     const use_tree_sitter = b.option(bool, "use_tree_sitter", "Enable tree-sitter (default: yes)") orelse true;
     const strip = b.option(bool, "strip", "Disable debug information (default: no)");
@@ -24,6 +23,15 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
         version.appendSlice(b.allocator, "unknown") catch {};
     };
 
+    const release = switch (b.release_mode) {
+        .off => false,
+        .any => blk: {
+            b.release_mode = .safe;
+            break :blk true;
+        },
+        else => true,
+    };
+
     return (if (release) &build_release else &build_development)(
         b,
         run_step,
@@ -100,8 +108,9 @@ fn build_release(
         // .{ .cpu_arch = .x86_64, .os_tag = .windows },
         // .{ .cpu_arch = .aarch64, .os_tag = .windows },
     };
-    const optimize_release = .ReleaseFast;
-    const optimize_debug = .ReleaseSafe;
+    const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
+    const optimize_release = optimize;
+    const optimize_debug = optimize;
 
     const write_file_step = b.addWriteFiles();
     const version_file = write_file_step.add("version", version);
@@ -582,7 +591,7 @@ pub fn build_exe(
     if (use_llvm) |value| {
         exe.use_llvm = value;
         exe.use_lld = value;
-    } else {
+    } else if (target.result.os.tag != .macos) {
         exe.use_llvm = true;
         exe.use_lld = true;
     }

contrib/make_nightly_build

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ echo running tests...
 
 echo building...
 
-./zig build -Dpackage_release --prefix "$DESTDIR/build"
+./zig build --release --prefix "$DESTDIR/build"
 
 VERSION=$(/bin/cat "$DESTDIR/build/version")
 

contrib/make_release

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ echo running tests...
 
 echo building...
 
-./zig build -Dpackage_release --prefix "$DESTDIR/build"
+./zig build --release --prefix "$DESTDIR/build"
 
 cd "$DESTDIR/build"