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Valentin KleinandClaude Opus 5.5 b7be0a5fda Windows installer: offer a desktop shortcut (#32) (#184)
The MSI gets a setup wizard (WixUI dialogs, no licence or folder page) with a
Shortcuts page: the Start Menu shortcut as before, plus an opt-in "Create a
desktop shortcut" checkbox bound to DESKTOPSHORTCUT. Silent installs take
DESKTOPSHORTCUT=1. The shortcut goes on the all-users desktop (per-machine
install) in its own component with an HKCU key path (ICE38/43/57), so
uninstall removes it; upgrades read that value back and keep the previous
choice unless DESKTOPSHORTCUT is given.

The build now needs WixToolset.UI.wixext 5.0.2 (release workflow and
package.ps1 updated).

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-10 12:16:13 -04:00

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# Releasing CADCraft
The canonical recipe is craftrules' [`release/playbook.md`](https://github.com/storytold/craftrules/blob/main/release/playbook.md); this file covers only what's CADCraft-specific.
- **Version:** `[workspace.package] version` in the root `Cargo.toml` is the single source. `cargo xtask version` prints it; `cargo xtask version set X.Y.Z[-pre]` changes it. The app shows it in About, `cadcraft --version` and `cadcraft-cli --version`; release builds also embed the commit (`CADCRAFT_BUILD_SHA`).
- **Cut a release:** bump the version on `main`, then push `main` to `release` (`git push origin main:release`). Every push to `release` runs `.github/workflows/release.yml` and creates or updates the draft GitHub Release `CADCraft v<version>`. A `workflow_dispatch` run with `version: X.Y.Z-rc.N` makes a test build. A dispatch on any other branch is a dry run: the unsigned jobs (version, Linux, Flatpak, FreeBSD, web) build, the `release` environment refuses the signing jobs (macOS, Windows), and no release is drafted.
- **Artifacts:** macOS universal `.dmg` (Developer ID signed, notarized, stapled) and CLI `.zip`; Windows x64, x86 and arm64 `.msi` + portable `.zip` (Azure Trusted Signing); Linux x86_64 and aarch64 `.AppImage` (+ `.AppImage.zsync` for AppImageUpdate delta updates), `.flatpak` bundle (repackages the tarball, `packaging/linux/flatpak-bundle.sh`), `.deb`, `.rpm`, `.tar.gz` (+ the from-source Flathub manifest in `packaging/linux/flatpak/`); FreeBSD x86_64 `.tar.gz` (built in a FreeBSD VM); web `.zip` (wasm + `index.html`, see `packaging/web/README.md`); `SHA256SUMS.txt`.
- **Secrets:** the twelve signing secrets live in the `release` environment (deployable only from the `release` branch, which only org admins and release-managers can push). All are optional: a missing one produces unsigned artifacts with a warning.
- **Windows installer:** `packaging/windows/cadcraft.wxs` (WiX v5 + `WixToolset.UI.wixext`). Its wizard has a Shortcuts page: the Start Menu shortcut is always created, the desktop shortcut is opt-in (`DESKTOPSHORTCUT=1` for silent installs, `DESKTOPSHORTCUT=0` drops it on an upgrade; otherwise upgrades keep the previous choice).
- **File types:** `.dxf` and `.dwg` (macOS document types, Windows "Open with", Linux MIME types).
- **Local packaging test:** `packaging/macos/package.sh` (ad-hoc signed DMG), `packaging/linux/package.sh`, `packaging/web/package.sh`.