Improve automated release process for all platforms

[Deadpikle]

dotnet-releaser is not actually publishing the release for some reason when done via CI.

...maybe I shouldn't add the tag myself...? does the releaser handle this? That might fix the changelog and tagging versioning issues. But will it realize it needs to publish...?

[Deadpikle]

For macOS: Can we make an actual .app instead...? Maybe we need to zip things ourselves and add them to the release to fix the issue of the executables not being chmod +x'ed...

I have a developer account so making an actual .app should be possible.

• https://avaloniaui.net/blog/the-definitive-guide-to-building-and-deploying-avalonia-applications-for-macos for commands/script references
• https://github.com/Bogdanp/Franz/blob/388edfd7238839af52ecda9ad8554fba7e462db5/.github/workflows/build.yml#L105-L196
• https://docs.github.com/en/actions/deployment/deploying-xcode-applications/installing-an-apple-certificate-on-macos-runners-for-xcode-development
• https://docs.avaloniaui.net/docs/deployment/macOS

To attempt to make an app bundle with dotnet publish:

• sudo dotnet workload install "macos"
• Make sure to add net8.0-macos to TargetFrameworks
• <ApplicationId>com.identifier</ApplicationId> in csproj
• dotnet publish -f net8.0-macos -r osx-arm64 -c Release <-- makes a .pkg in publish folder and a .app outside of it IF SingleFilePublish is...false?! Why does it make a .pkg? See this thread also
  • Got error: error NETSDK1098: Applications published to a single-file are required to use the application host. You must either set PublishSingleFile to false or set UseAppHost to true
  • This error doesn't make sense as UseAppHost is already true.

[Deadpikle]

This now works properly on CI/CD. However, https://github.com/xoofx/dotnet-releaser/issues/63 is an issue, and we could probably improve things by using a .app file on macOS.

However, at least all the builds are running properly, now!

[Deadpikle]

OK, the thing is executable now since the issue in the other repo is fixed, so Linux is fairly good to go, but due to notarization, macOS is still a pain. We should at least build a .app for users if nothing else. Should be able to notarize it too, but that'll be another step beyond .app.

If we build it ourselves outside dotnet-releaser, can use: https://github.com/AButler/upload-release-assets