beeware/briefcase v0.3.24

0.3.24

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Features

• When an iOS or macOS binary wheel cannot be found, the error message now provides more useful hints regarding the possible cause. (#2230)
• Document type and file associations have been improved on macOS. (#2284)
• Briefcase can now be used to sign, package and notarize apps that Briefcase didn't create. You can now use another tool to create a macOS, Windows or Linux application, and then use Briefcase to complete the process of turning that app into a signed and notarized release artefact. (#2326)

Bugfixes

• A redundant signing phase has been removed when packaging an apps for macOS. (#1099)
• An error is now raised on macOS if Briefcase is used on an iCloud mounted drive. iCloud synchronization adds metadata to some folders, which is incompatible with the signing process. (#1808)
• An app's formal name can now include a . character. (#2151)
• Distribution-specific cumulative settings (such as requires) now correctly accumulate, rather than overwriting more general values. (#2188)
• Briefcase will now default to using the system certificate store when performing HTTPS downloads. (#2296)
• Briefcase now provides richer error information when it is unable to complete a download. In particular, issues associated with SSL verification are now reported as such, rather than as a generic "are you offline?" message. (#2296)
• The presence of a PIP_REQUIRE_VIRTUALENV environment marker no longer influences the operation of dependency installation on iOS. The iOS installation environments is inherently isolated, so this flag is redundant; but in some circumstances, it would prevent the installation of dependencies into a project. (#2325)

Backward Incompatible Changes

• Briefcase now uses WiX version 5.0.2 to generate MSI installers on Windows. Any Windows apps created with previous versions of Briefcase will need to be re-generated by running briefcase create. (#1185)

Documentation

• Documentation about deploying to physical iOS devices has been added. (#1190)
• References to Briefcase's settings are now hyperlinked for ease of cross-referencing. (#2341)
• A guide for publishing apps to the macOS App Store has been added. (#2360)
• Briefcase's documentation now uses a header and style consistent with the BeeWare website. (#2375)

Misc

• #1669, #1696, #2280, #2281, #2287, #2288, #2289, #2291, #2292, #2295, #2310, #2311, #2312, #2313, #2319, #2320, #2321, #2322, #2323, #2324, #2327, #2330, #2331, #2335, #2339, #2343, #2343, #2345, #2346, #2347, #2349, #2358, #2359, #2361, #2362, #2367, #2371, #2372, #2373, #2374, #2380, #2385, #2386