The development host is Linux x86_64; `flutter build windows` cannot
be cross-compiled and requires a Windows host with Visual Studio
2022's C++ Desktop workload. This commit adds the instructions for
producing the Windows v0.2.0-beta.1 Internal Beta build on an Azure
VM, plus a PowerShell helper that automates the build itself.
docs/release/windows-build.md (v0.1.0):
- Toolchain pin table (Windows Server 2022, VS 2022 Build Tools
+ C++ workload, Flutter 3.41.9, Rust 1.95 stable, FRB 2.12.0,
CMake, audiopus build dependency).
- Azure VM provisioning recipe: Standard_D4s_v5 (4 vCPU / 16 GiB),
Premium SSD 128 GiB, RDP locked to caller IP, auto-shutdown,
cost estimate (<USD 1 per build session).
- Step-by-step PowerShell to install VS 2022 Build Tools with the
required components, Git for Windows, rustup, Flutter SDK,
flutter_rust_bridge_codegen, and CMake.
- Two upload paths for source: temporary git remote OR zip archive
over RDP clipboard.
- flutter create --platforms=windows to scaffold the
windows/ platform folder (the product Flutter app was created
with only linux + android).
- cargo build -p chanora_bridge to produce chanora_bridge.dll.
- flutter build windows --release to produce chanora_flutter.exe
and the bundle.
- Drop the DLL next to the EXE so dart:ffi loads it.
- Smoke-test instructions including the cn.teamspeak.app UDP 9987
egress gotcha for some Azure regions.
- Packaging into chanora-v0.2.0-beta.1-windows-x64.zip.
- Known-issue / caveat table.
- Reproducibility note (build is not bit-reproducible in this Beta).
tools/build-windows.ps1:
- Parameter switches: -SkipRustBuild, -RegenerateBindings, -Version.
- Verifies flutter, cargo, rustc, cmake, git on PATH.
- Adds the x86_64-pc-windows-msvc target via rustup if missing.
- Runs flutter create --platforms=windows if the windows/ folder
is absent in apps/chanora_flutter/.
- Optionally regenerates FRB bindings.
- cargo build --release -p chanora_bridge --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.
- flutter pub get + flutter build windows --release.
- Copies the DLL into the Release bundle.
- Compress-Archive into chanora-<version>-windows-x64.zip.
- Prints final artefact paths.
This is documentation + helper only; no actual Windows binaries are
produced by this commit. To produce the binaries, follow §3-§13 of
docs/release/windows-build.md on a Windows host.
