migrates Anki Desktop packaging from the legacy
NSIS/uv-based installer to [BeeWare
Briefcase](https://briefcase.readthedocs.io/). This branch integrates
work from many related issues and PRs to deliver cross-platform native
installers (MSI on Windows, .app on macOS, PyInstaller on Linux) with
code signing, notarization, and file association support.
## Integrated PRs
- #4585 — Set up Briefcase
- #4596 — Add Briefcase icons
- #4598 — Handle Briefcase file associations
- #4601 — Add Briefcase app permissions
- #4609 — Customize Briefcase's MSI installer
- #4616 — Set up Briefcase code signing and notarization
- #4618 — Fix Briefcase packaging for x86 Macs
- #4623 — Customize Briefcase's Linux template
- #4627 — List required Debian packages for Briefcase installer
- #4630 — Update Briefcase's Windows template
- #4631 — Rewrite Linux install/uninstall scripts for PyInstaller
- #4638 — Use PyInstaller on Linux
- #4645 — Update installer docs
- #4654 — Disable Briefcase's universal builds for macOS
- #4672 — Deal with existing NSIS installations in MSI installer
- #4676 — Remove duplicate Briefcase icons
- #4677 — Tweak Linux scripts for new installer
- #4709 — Add anki-console.bat to Briefcase's Windows package
## Related Issues
- #4557 — Evaluate BeeWare Briefcase for Anki packaging and distribution
- #4678 — Support native Windows ARM64 builds for Briefcase
- #4688 — Linux installer: migrate to PyInstaller and rewrite install
scripts
- #4689 — Investigate startup performance with Briefcase
- #4690 — Specify required Linux system packages for Briefcase
- #4691 — Investigate Windows ARM64 support with Briefcase
- #4692 — Test on Linux ARM with Briefcase
- #4693 — Separate ARM and Intel macOS releases
- #4694 — Update developer documentation for Briefcase installer
- #4695 — Support upgrade/downgrade with the Briefcase installer
- #4696 — Update user documentation for new installer
- #4702 — Update Briefcase's Windows template with upstream security fix
and OS version check
- #4703 — Follow-up tweaks to Linux install/uninstall scripts
## Related PRs
- #4619 — Enable Windows ARM64 support
- #4632 — Release action
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Co-authored-by: Abdo <abdo@abdnh.net>
Co-authored-by: Andrew Sanchez <andrewsanchez@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Fernando Lins <1887601+fernandolins@users.noreply.github.com>
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`QLineEdit`.
- The value was saved to the profile but not loaded.
- And the real pièce de résistance: I've figured out how to "Promote"
the `QLineEdit` to a `TagEdit`.
Hope you like it! :)
