ci: link desktop installers instead of attaching them

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@@ -19,16 +19,19 @@ Releases are driven by git tags of the form `healthchat-v<semver>` pushed to
`:<sha>`, so you can deploy them deliberately by overriding the image ref (see
"Deploying the release"), but they can never become production by accident.
- `.github/workflows/build-healthchat-desktop.yaml` (desktop) — builds the Electron
app for macOS (universal, signed+notarised) and Windows (x64/arm64, signed), and
attaches the installers (.dmg/.zip/.exe/.msi) to the **same** GitHub Release. The two
workflows create-if-missing then upload, so they race safely. (Linux is intentionally
not built — the upstream Linux reusable pulls a build-env Docker image keyed by commit
SHA that only exists in the upstream element-hq registry, so it cannot succeed in this
fork.) The `release` job also **stages** the Squirrel update feed and public installers and
attaches them to the Release as `healthchat-desktop-feed-<version>.tar.gz` — but it
**does not publish them**. See "Deploying the desktop release" below.
app for macOS (universal, signed+notarised) and Windows (x64/arm64, signed) and
publishes to the **same** GitHub Release as the web workflow (both create-if-missing,
so they race safely). (Linux is intentionally not built — the upstream Linux reusable
pulls a build-env Docker image keyed by commit SHA that only exists in the upstream
element-hq registry, so it cannot succeed in this fork.) The `release` job **stages**
the Squirrel update feed and public installers and attaches them to the Release as
split `healthchat-desktop-feed-<version>.tar.gz.part*` assets (the compressed feed
exceeds GitHub's 2 GiB per-asset cap) — but it **does not publish them**. Installer
binaries are not attached individually; the Release notes get a "## Downloads"
section linking their public URLs on packages.healthchat.ch, which resolve once the
version is deployed. See "Deploying the desktop release" below.
- `.github/workflows/deploy-healthchat-desktop.yaml` (desktop deploy) — **manual
dispatch only.** Downloads that tarball and mirrors it to
dispatch only.** Downloads and reassembles those feed parts and mirrors the feed to
`https://packages.healthchat.ch/desktop/` over FTPS (the private GitHub Release can
serve neither end users nor the auto-updater), plus the legacy
`https://healthchat.ch/packages/desktop/` path while clients built <= 1.5.0 are still
@@ -37,8 +40,8 @@ Releases are driven by git tags of the form `healthchat-v<semver>` pushed to
the two caveats (first install is manual; Windows auto-update needs the Setup.exe path,
not the .msi).
Publish target: **ghcr.io Docker image + GitHub Release (web bundle + desktop
installers).** No npm, no mobile fan-out.
Publish target: **ghcr.io Docker image + GitHub Release (web bundle + desktop feed
parts, with installer download links).** No npm, no mobile fan-out.
## Release ≠ deploy
@@ -186,7 +189,8 @@ run or `:latest` had not moved yet.
## Deploying the desktop release
The desktop build attaches `healthchat-desktop-feed-<version>.tar.gz` to the Release but
The desktop build attaches the split `healthchat-desktop-feed-<version>.tar.gz.part*`
assets to the Release but
leaves `https://packages.healthchat.ch/desktop/` untouched. Until you run this, installed
apps keep whatever version they have and the public download links still serve the old
installers.
@@ -319,9 +323,10 @@ warning. Prefer fixing the changelog over relying on the fallback.
For an `-rc`/`-hotfix`/`-dryrun` tag the opposite is expected: `:latest` must
be **unchanged**.
- [ ] The desktop workflow run ("Build HealthChat Desktop") is green and the
GitHub Release has the desktop installers attached (.dmg, *-mac.zip, *.msi,
"* Setup*.exe") **plus** `healthchat-desktop-feed-<version>.tar.gz`. Without that
tarball the desktop deploy has nothing to publish.
GitHub Release carries the split feed assets
`healthchat-desktop-feed-<version>.tar.gz.part*` plus a "## Downloads" section
in its notes linking the public installers. Without those parts the desktop
deploy has nothing to publish.
- [ ] Confirm the live feed is still on the **previous** version — releasing must not have
moved it. `curl -fsS https://packages.healthchat.ch/desktop/update/macos/releases.json`
- [ ] Smoke-check signing before shipping to users: macOS `spctl -a -vvv -t install <app>`