- build-windows-qt6: install kwidgetsaddons/kcoreaddons/extra-cmake-modules,
switch -DBUILD_WITH_KF=OFF to ON, add -DBUILD_KF=OFF to use precompiled
MSYS2 packages instead of building KF6 from source via FetchContent
- build-windows: swap unsuffixed kwidgetsaddons/kcoreaddons (actually KF6
packages after MSYS2's renaming) for the -qt5 suffixed ones, add
-DBUILD_KF=OFF so the installed packages are actually consumed instead
of being ignored by the default FetchContent-from-source build
a) using a system provided KF6
b) downloading and compiling KF6
c) using the vendored-in re-creation of the functionality
The behaviour for both Qt5 and Qt6 is steered with the same two variables which were renamed to become version agnostic:
a) BUILD_WITH_KF=ON BUILD_KF=OFF
b) BUILD_WITH_KF=ON BUILD_KF=ON
c) BUILD_WITH_KF=OFF
The version is automatically derived from the chosen Qt major version.
Weekly cron replaced with a monthly run (1st of each month, 02:00 UTC)
to reduce unnecessary CI load.
retention-days raised from 14 to 40 across all six artifact uploads
(Qt5 + Qt6 tracks) to cover the new monthly interval with a safety
margin -- 14 days was shorter than the gap between two cron runs,
so the latest build's artifacts could expire before the next one
replaced them.
↓
windows-build.yml
├── build-windows → generates an exe file + zip + portable artefact
└── deploy-pages → clears old files, uploads the exe file + zip to the ‘release nightly’ repository
↓ (workflow_run: completed + successful)
windows-msi.yml
├── uploads the portable artefact
├── builds the MSI with WiX v7
├── deletes the old .msi, uploads the MSI to the nightly version
└── generates and deploys GitHub Pages ← the 3 URLs are known here
The GitHub Pages page is no longer generated by windows-build.yml but by windows-msi.yml once the MSI is in the release
Use 7-Zip is already installed on all GitHub Windows computers (C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe), and it is much faster than Compress-Archive when dealing with 9,931 files.
Laurent Trinques