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Add "preview" update channel to match macOS
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Descrizione
Currently we only have a "stable" update channel. It would be worthwhile to have a preview channel for dogfooding or customers that want to try new features before they're released.
- We will need to generate version numbers for preview builds
- macOS currently does this by setting the 4th version field (`0.0.0.z`) to the number of commits since the last release
- We will need to package them identically to release builds
- And sign them!
- We will need to push the preview artifacts somewhere
- macOS currently does this with a "preview" release, but I dislike this pattern and would probably opt for storing them on `releases.coder.com`
- We will need to update the `SparkleUpdateController` code to handle channel selection, and add UI elements to select a channel
One potential challenge is that our installers forbid downgrading (for good reason). Once a user switches to the preview channel, they won't be able to switch back to the release channel until a new version is released (or they uninstall/reinstall). I think NetSparkle probably handles this for us though if we go with the same version number system as macOS.
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Direzione di ricerca
Start by reading the existing SparkleUpdateController and the current release packaging, signing, and artifact-publishing flow. Define how preview channel selection, version numbering, and storage on releases.coder.com should work, then verify that preview installers and switching back to stable handle the stated downgrade constraint.
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Valutazione
- Stack tecnologico
- csharp
- Ambito
- desktop, release
- Tipo di issue
- Funzionalità
- Difficoltà
- 5/5
- Tempo stimato
- Più di una settimana
- Stato di attività
- Ferma
- Chiarezza
- Abbastanza chiara
- Idoneità per principianti
- 35/100