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Make release build Avalonia-only#4959

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@mamoreau-devolutions Marc-André Moreau (mamoreau-devolutions) commented Jun 18, 2026 •
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Summary

  • Removes the WinUI frontend project from the active Windows solution and release build path.
  • Moves shared app assets/utilities into src\SharedAssets and builds the Avalonia app directly as UniGetUI.exe / UniGetUI.dll.
  • Ships the Windows app as UniGetUI.exe only; the legacy WingetUI.exe alias is no longer copied, and installer upgrades remove stale alias files.
  • Updates release workflow, local packaging, E2E manifests, docs, tests, macOS bundle metadata, and installer cleanup for Avalonia-only releases.

Validation

  • dotnet format whitespace .\src --folder --verify-no-changes --verbosity minimal
  • dotnet format style .\src\UniGetUI.Windows.slnx --no-restore --verify-no-changes --verbosity minimal
  • dotnet build .\src\UniGetUI.Windows.slnx --no-restore --verbosity minimal /p:Platform=x64 /p:Configuration=Debug /p:UseSharedCompilation=false /m:1
  • dotnet test .\src\UniGetUI.Windows.slnx --no-restore --verbosity q --nologo /p:Platform=x64 /p:Configuration=Debug /p:UseSharedCompilation=false /m:1
  • .\scripts\build.ps1 -SkipTests -SkipInstaller -OutputPath .\output\avalonia-direct-unigetui-exe
  • Release dry run: https://github.com/Devolutions/UniGetUI/actions/runs/27766732170

Windows size comparison vs v2026.2.1

Package Old MiB New MiB Delta MiB Delta
UniGetUI.x64.zip 198.62 130.74 -67.88 -34.18%
UniGetUI.arm64.zip 186.05 121.63 -64.43 -34.63%
UniGetUI.Installer.x64.exe 134.95 89.08 -45.87 -33.99%
UniGetUI.Installer.arm64.exe 122.68 80.36 -42.32 -34.49%

Expanded Windows payloads:

Package Old MiB New MiB Delta MiB Delta
UniGetUI.x64.zip 490.70 319.01 -171.70 -34.99%
UniGetUI.arm64.zip 521.02 334.58 -186.44 -35.78%

New Windows zips contain root UniGetUI.exe and UniGetUI.dll directly: no nested Avalonia/, no root UniGetUI.Avalonia.*, and no WingetUI.exe alias.

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Make release build Avalonia-only
2a9ae76 
Remove the WinUI frontend from the active solution and release payload, move shared assets into neutral paths, and publish Avalonia as the Windows app while preserving existing executable/artifact names.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
@mamoreau-devolutions
Drop legacy WingetUI executable alias
2655ae5 
Stop copying WingetUI.exe into Windows release payloads now that Avalonia ships as UniGetUI.exe, and remove stale alias files during installer upgrades.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
@mamoreau-devolutions
Use MSBuild target framework in release workflow
26d71cf 
Resolve the Avalonia publish directory from MSBuild evaluation instead of parsing Directory.Build.props in PowerShell.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
@mamoreau-devolutions
Build Avalonia app as UniGetUI executable
5208b2f 
Set the Avalonia assembly name to UniGetUI so publishing emits UniGetUI.exe directly, remove apphost rename steps, and update Avalonia resource URIs plus E2E manifests for the new assembly name.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
@mamoreau-devolutions
Use UniGetUI executable in macOS packaging
9c04e60 
Align macOS bundle packaging with the Avalonia assembly now emitting UniGetUI instead of UniGetUI.Avalonia.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
@mamoreau-devolutions
Avoid CI compiler output file lock
d8e72ad 
Run Windows solution build and test paths serially without shared compilation to avoid intermittent CS2012 locks on package manager project outputs.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
@mamoreau-devolutions
Serialize CLI E2E daemon build
f1718d9 
Apply the same no-shared-compilation single-process build settings to the headless daemon build to avoid intermittent CS2012 output locks on Windows CI.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
@mamoreau-devolutions
Allow slower Windows headless startup in CI
1976264 
Give the Windows CLI E2E daemon more time to load package managers before the named-pipe IPC readiness check.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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