We ship a separate package to Windows 10, which contains a copy of XAML
embedded in it, because of a bug in activating classes from framework
packages while we're elevated.
We did this to avoid wasting disk space on Windows 11 installs (which is
critical given that we're preinstalled in the Windows image.)
The fix for this issue was released in a servicing update in April 2022.
Thanks to KB5011831, we no longer need this workaround!
And finally, this means that we no longer need to depend on a copy of
"pre-release" XAML. We only did that because it would copy all of its
assets into our package.
Introduced in #12560Closes#14106
Closes (discussion) #14981
Reverts #14660
While working on another PR related to this I noticed that my VS
generates `.vcxproj` files that are a bit different to the ones we have.
This commit is a quick search & replace of all our project files to make
(primarily) their `ToolsVersion` more in line with what VS does itself:
No `ToolsVersion` for `.vcxproj`, `ToolsVersion="15.0"`
for `.csproj` and `ToolsVersion="4.0"` for `.filters` files.
Four (4) squashed changes, with messages preserved.
## release: move symbol publication into its own phase
Right now, symbol publication happens every time we produce a final
bundle. In the future, we may be producing multiple bundles from the
same pipeline run, and we need to make sure we only do *one* symbol
publication to MSDL.
When we do that, it will be advantageous for us to have just one phase
that source-indexes and publishes all of the symbols.
## Remove Terminal's built-in copy of the VC Runtime
This removes the trick we pulled in #5661 and saves us ~550kb per arch.
Some of our dependencies still depend on the "app" versions of the
runtime libraries, so we are going to continue shipping the forwarders
in our package. Build rules have been updated to remove the non-Desktop
VCLibs dependency to slim down our package graph.
This is not a problem on Windows 11 -- it looks like it's shipped inbox.
**BREAKING CHANGE**: When launched unpackaged, Terminal now requires the
vcruntime redist to be installed.
## Prepare for toggling XAML between 2.7.0 and -prerelease on Win11
common.openconsole.props is a pretty good place to stash the XAML
version since it is included in every project (including the WAP
project (unlike the C++ build props!)).
I've gone ahead and added a "double dependency" on multiple XAML
versions. We'll toggle them with a build flag.
## Run the release pipeline twice, for Win10 and Win11, at the same time
This required some changes in how we download artifacts to make sure
that we could control which version of Windows we were processing in any
individual step.
We're also going to patch the package manifest on the Windows 11 version
so the store targets it more specifically.
On top of the prior three steps, this lets us ship a Windows 11
package that costs only ~15MB on disk. The Windows 10 version, for
comparison, is about 40.
This location and name is practically mandated by PackageES. Sorry ☹️.
This will ensure that all artifacts that we produce are versioned
properly:
| thing | version (ex.) |
|---------|-----------------|
| dll/exe | 0.7.1911.22009 |
| nupkg | 0.7.191122009 |
| appx | 0.7.3269.0 |
For reference, here's the version format:
### EXE, DLL, .NET Assembly
0.7.1911.22009
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
| | | | | `-Build # on that date
| | | | `-Day
| | | `-Month
| | `-Year
| `-Minor
`-Major
### NuGet Package
0.7.191122009
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
| | | | | `-Build # on that date
| | | | `-Day
| | | `-Month
| | `-Year
| `-Minor
`-Major
### AppX Package
0.7.03269.0
^ ^ ^ ^^ ^
| | | || `-Contractually always zero (a waste)
| | | |`-Build # on that date
| | | `-Number of days in [base year]
| | `-Number of years since [base year]
| `-Minor
`-Major
[base year] = $(XesBaseYearForStoreVersion)
It is expected that the base year is changed every time the version
number is changed.
Dustin L. Howett