Releases offer plain programs; the licences are built in

Release assets are now the programs themselves: SolveCraft and solvecraft-cli .exe for Windows,
plain Linux binaries plus the AppImage, a macOS .dmg (SolveCraft.app with an Applications link) and
the universal CLI binary; only the web app stays a zip. The notes template takes {tag}, says to
chmod +x on Linux and macOS, and GitHub adds the change list.

Since no LICENSE or NOTICE file rides along any more, the programs carry them:
THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES.txt (written by `cargo xtask licences` from cargo metadata and each shipped
crate's own licence files, 419 crates; `cargo xtask ci` checks it is current) is embedded with
LICENSE-MIT, LICENSE-APACHE and NOTICE in solvecraft_engine::licences, shown in Help ▸ About ▸
Licences (third-party text laid out by visible rows) and printed by `solvecraft-cli licences`.
Scenario s44_about_licences.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>

.github/release-notes.md

@@ -2,17 +2,6 @@ SolveCraft is an open-source parametric 3D CAD application in pure Rust: sketch
 constrain and dimension the sketch, turn profiles into solids on a feature timeline, and change a
 parameter to watch the timeline rebuild. It is early, and we'd like your bug reports.
 
-## Fixed since v0.1.0
-
-- **Quitting with unsaved changes now asks first** ([#33](https://github.com/bherbruck/solvecraft/issues/33)):
-  "Save changes to <name>?" with Save, Don't Save and Cancel, once per unsaved design, for the
-  title bar's ×, File ▸ Quit, Alt+F4 / Cmd+Q and the window manager. The web app asks through
-  the browser's "leave site?" prompt.
-- **Web: a new design no longer shows a black screen** in browsers with WebGPU
-  ([#34](https://github.com/bherbruck/solvecraft/issues/34)); the viewport shader compiles there now.
-- **README demo:** a short GIF at the top shows an agent building an enclosure over MCP and then
-  editing its parameters. The full video is attached below.
-
 ## Links
 
 - **Documentation:** https://bherbruck.github.io/solvecraft/
@@ -42,24 +31,34 @@ Everything the UI does is a command with JSON parameters, so an agent can do it
 `solvecraft-cli mcp` is a Model Context Protocol server: headless, or bridged to the running app
 (`solvecraft --control 7878`, then `solvecraft-cli mcp --connect 127.0.0.1:7878`) so you can
 watch the agent model. In Claude Code: `claude mcp add solvecraft -- solvecraft-cli mcp`. The
-attached video shows an agent building an enclosure through the UI and MCP.
+demo at the top of the [README](https://github.com/bherbruck/solvecraft#readme) shows an agent
+building an enclosure through the UI and MCP.
 
 ## Downloads
 
 | File | What |
 |---|---|
-| `solvecraft-v0.1.1-windows-x86_64.zip` | Windows 10/11: `solvecraft.exe` (the app) and `solvecraft-cli.exe` |
-| `solvecraft-v0.1.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz` | Linux x86_64 (glibc 2.35 or newer): `solvecraft` and `solvecraft-cli` |
-| `SolveCraft-v0.1.1-x86_64.AppImage` | Linux, the app as one file: `chmod +x` and run it |
-| `solvecraft-v0.1.1-macos-universal.zip` | macOS 11 or newer, Apple silicon and Intel: `SolveCraft.app` and `solvecraft-cli` |
-| `solvecraft-v0.1.1-web.zip` | the web app, to host yourself (any static server; HTTPS or localhost for saving files) |
+| `SolveCraft-{tag}-windows-x86_64.exe` | Windows 10/11: the app, ready to run |
+| `solvecraft-cli-{tag}-windows-x86_64.exe` | Windows: the command-line tool and MCP server |
+| `SolveCraft-{tag}-macos-universal.dmg` | macOS 11 or newer, Apple silicon and Intel: open it and drag SolveCraft onto Applications |
+| `solvecraft-cli-{tag}-macos-universal` | macOS: the command-line tool and MCP server |
+| `SolveCraft-{tag}-x86_64.AppImage` | Linux x86_64 (glibc 2.35 or newer): the app as one file |
+| `solvecraft-{tag}-linux-x86_64` | Linux: the app as a plain binary |
+| `solvecraft-cli-{tag}-linux-x86_64` | Linux: the command-line tool and MCP server |
+| `solvecraft-{tag}-web.zip` | the web app, to host yourself (any static server; HTTPS or localhost for saving files) |
 | `SHA256SUMS` | checksums: `sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS` |
 
+On Linux and macOS a downloaded program isn't executable yet: `chmod +x` it first
+(`chmod +x SolveCraft-{tag}-x86_64.AppImage && ./SolveCraft-{tag}-x86_64.AppImage`). The licences
+of SolveCraft and everything it is built from are inside each program: Help ▸ About ▸ Licences,
+or `solvecraft-cli licences`.
+
 ### The binaries are not signed
 
-- **macOS:** the first time, right-click (or Control-click) `SolveCraft.app` and choose **Open**,
-  then **Open** again in the dialog. If macOS says the app is damaged, run
-  `xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine SolveCraft.app`. Do the same for `solvecraft-cli`.
+- **macOS:** the first time, right-click (or Control-click) `SolveCraft.app` in Applications and
+  choose **Open**, then **Open** again in the dialog. If macOS says the app is damaged, run
+  `xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/SolveCraft.app`. For the CLI:
+  `xattr -d com.apple.quarantine solvecraft-cli-{tag}-macos-universal`.
 - **Windows:** SmartScreen may say "Windows protected your PC". Click **More info**, then
   **Run anyway**.
 

.github/release/package-linux.sh

@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Package the Linux release build: a tar.gz with both binaries, and an AppImage of the desktop app.
-# Usage: .github/release/package-linux.sh <tag>   (from the repository root, after
+# Package the Linux release build: the app and the CLI as plain binaries, and an AppImage of the
+# app. Usage: .github/release/package-linux.sh <tag>   (from the repository root, after
 # `cargo build --release -p solvecraft -p solvecraft-cli`). Writes out/.
 set -euo pipefail
 tag=${1:?usage: package-linux.sh <tag>}
 bin=${CARGO_TARGET_DIR:-target}/release
-name="solvecraft-$tag-linux-x86_64"
-rm -rf stage out && mkdir -p "stage/$name" out
-cp "$bin/solvecraft" "$bin/solvecraft-cli" README.md LICENSE-MIT LICENSE-APACHE NOTICE ATTRIBUTION.md "stage/$name/"
-tar -C stage -czf "out/$name.tar.gz" "$name"
+rm -rf stage out && mkdir -p stage out
+cp "$bin/solvecraft" "out/solvecraft-$tag-linux-x86_64"
+cp "$bin/solvecraft-cli" "out/solvecraft-cli-$tag-linux-x86_64"
 
 # AppImage. The icon is rendered by SolveCraft itself from the bracket example, so no image file
 # is committed.

.github/release/package-macos.sh

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Package the macOS release build: a universal (arm64 + x86_64) SolveCraft.app and CLI in one zip.
+# Package the macOS release build: a universal (arm64 + x86_64) SolveCraft.app in a .dmg (with an
+# Applications link to drag it onto), and the universal CLI as a plain binary.
 # Usage: .github/release/package-macos.sh <tag>   (from the repository root, after building both
-# aarch64-apple-darwin and x86_64-apple-darwin). Writes out/. The app is not signed.
+# aarch64-apple-darwin and x86_64-apple-darwin). Writes out/. Neither is signed.
 set -euo pipefail
 tag=${1:?usage: package-macos.sh <tag>}
 version=${tag#v}
 t=${CARGO_TARGET_DIR:-target}
-name="solvecraft-$tag-macos-universal"
-rm -rf stage out && mkdir -p "stage/$name" out
-app="stage/$name/SolveCraft.app"
+rm -rf stage out && mkdir -p stage/dmg out
+app="stage/dmg/SolveCraft.app"
 mkdir -p "$app/Contents/MacOS"
 lipo -create -output "$app/Contents/MacOS/solvecraft" "$t/aarch64-apple-darwin/release/solvecraft" "$t/x86_64-apple-darwin/release/solvecraft"
-lipo -create -output "stage/$name/solvecraft-cli" "$t/aarch64-apple-darwin/release/solvecraft-cli" "$t/x86_64-apple-darwin/release/solvecraft-cli"
+lipo -create -output "out/solvecraft-cli-$tag-macos-universal" "$t/aarch64-apple-darwin/release/solvecraft-cli" "$t/x86_64-apple-darwin/release/solvecraft-cli"
 cat > "$app/Contents/Info.plist" <<PLIST
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ cat > "$app/Contents/Info.plist" <<PLIST
 </dict>
 </plist>
 PLIST
-cp README.md LICENSE-MIT LICENSE-APACHE NOTICE ATTRIBUTION.md "stage/$name/"
 lipo -info "$app/Contents/MacOS/solvecraft"
-(cd stage && ditto -c -k --keepParent "$name" "../out/$name.zip")
+ln -s /Applications stage/dmg/Applications
+hdiutil create -volname "SolveCraft $tag" -srcfolder stage/dmg -ov -format UDZO "out/SolveCraft-$tag-macos-universal.dmg"
 ls -l out

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # Release builds: push a tag `v*` (or run it by hand with a tag name) and this builds the desktop
 # app and the CLI for Linux, Windows and macOS plus the web app, and attaches them to a GitHub
-# release with SHA256SUMS (a pre-release when the tag has a suffix, such as v0.2.0-rc1). Notes:
-# .github/release-notes.md.
+# release with SHA256SUMS (a pre-release when the tag has a suffix, such as v0.2.0-rc1). Every
+# download is a plain program (Windows .exe, Linux binary and AppImage, a macOS .dmg); the licences
+# are built into the programs (Help ▸ About ▸ Licences, `solvecraft-cli licences`). Only the web
+# app, being many files, is a zip. Notes: .github/release-notes.md, with {tag} replaced.
 name: Release
 
 on:
@@ -52,10 +54,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Package
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          $name = "solvecraft-$env:TAG-windows-x86_64"
-          New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path "stage/$name", out | Out-Null
-          Copy-Item target/release/solvecraft.exe, target/release/solvecraft-cli.exe, README.md, LICENSE-MIT, LICENSE-APACHE, NOTICE, ATTRIBUTION.md "stage/$name/"
-          Compress-Archive -Path "stage/$name" -DestinationPath "out/$name.zip"
+          New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path out | Out-Null
+          Copy-Item target/release/solvecraft.exe "out/SolveCraft-$env:TAG-windows-x86_64.exe"
+          Copy-Item target/release/solvecraft-cli.exe "out/solvecraft-cli-$env:TAG-windows-x86_64.exe"
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: windows
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           name="solvecraft-$TAG-web"
           mkdir -p out && cp -r dist/web "$name"
-          cp LICENSE-MIT LICENSE-APACHE NOTICE "$name/"
+          cp LICENSE-MIT LICENSE-APACHE NOTICE THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES.txt "$name/"
           zip -qr "out/$name.zip" "$name"
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -127,11 +128,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checksums
         working-directory: assets
         run: sha256sum * > SHA256SUMS && cat SHA256SUMS
+      - name: Notes
+        run: sed "s/{tag}/$TAG/g" .github/release-notes.md > notes.md
       - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ env.TAG }}
           name: SolveCraft ${{ env.TAG }}
-          body_path: .github/release-notes.md
+          body_path: notes.md
+          generate_release_notes: true
           # A tag with a suffix (v0.2.0-rc1) is a pre-release; v1.2.3 is a normal release.
           prerelease: ${{ contains(env.TAG, '-') }}
           files: assets/*