Max's decision on PR #416, after its review measured who still read the
key. tauri-plugin-updater looks up "{os}-{arch}-{installer}" first, and
every version that ships the updater (v0.2.1 and later, plugin 2.10.0,
tauri-utils 2.8.2 in each tag's Cargo.lock) carries its bundle-type
marker, so .deb and .rpm installs never reach the generic key. Its last
readers were the AppImage installs v0.4.3 to v0.4.5 (v0.4.2 targets a
route that answers 404, earlier versions read GitHub) and binaries run
outside a package; none of them can install the .deb it served, and the
updater wrote that .deb over the running file. They now get
TargetsNotFound when checking: an error on the Updates card, nothing
installed.
The key leaves the script, scripts/check-latest-json.jq and
verify-release.sh together; the test compares the three lists. Docs fix
the readers named by #416 (v0.4.2 is not one) and the CHANGELOG entry
says what changes for those AppImage installs.
Refs #320
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The fallback key is also read by the AppImage installs of v0.4.2 to
v0.4.5 (bundled until v0.7.3, published on Forgejo for v0.4.2-v0.4.3
and on the GitHub mirror for v0.4.3-v0.4.5, all reading the registry),
which look up linux-x86_64-appimage, absent, then linux-x86_64. Like a
marker-less binary, they cannot install the .deb it serves: the updater
writes its bytes over the running AppImage. State since v0.4.2, not
changed by this PR; the key stays as decided.
Also quote the error the update card really shows for a refused
package (invalid updater binary format).
Refs #320
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latest.json only had linux-x86_64, built from the .deb. An .rpm install
looks up linux-x86_64-rpm first, then fell back on linux-x86_64,
downloaded the .deb and refused it (InvalidUpdaterFormat).
- scripts/build-latest-json.sh writes linux-x86_64-deb,
linux-x86_64-rpm, linux-x86_64 (the .deb, as a fallback) and
windows-x86_64 from the release assets. It fails unless it finds
exactly one .deb, one .rpm and one -setup.exe, each with a non-empty
.sig. The JSON comes from jq alone, notes read with --rawfile, file
names encoded with @uri like the upload step.
- scripts/build-latest-json.test.mjs (vitest) runs it under
bash -e -o pipefail on a temporary assets dir; check-frontend
installs jq.
- release.yml calls the script, writes the notes output under a random
delimiter, checks the manifest with jq before the registry DELETE,
and names the .rpm instead of an AppImage in the release notes.
- verify-release.sh requires the four keys, the extension of each URL
and the minisign file: of each signature, and exits 1 on any failure.
- Docs: release skill, qa-update-cycle section 3 (rpm procedure, keys,
reason and removal condition of the fallback), architecture, README,
CHANGELOG, STATE.
Resolves#320
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