updated credits and workflows, created patch notes

.github/workflows/Check_patch_notes.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: Check patch notes
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main  # Adjust to match your main branch name
+
+jobs:
+  check_documentation:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Check for patch notes changes
+        run: |
+          if git diff --name-only ${{ github.event.before }} ${{ github.sha }} | grep -q '^patch_notes.txt$'; then
+            echo "Patch notes updated."
+          else
+            echo "Update patch notes!"
+            exit 1
+          fi

.github/workflows/Release.yml

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+name: Build release
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [closed]
+    branches:
+      - 'master'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  PYTHON_VERSION: '3.10'
+
+jobs:
+  windows:
+    name: Windows
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up variables
+        id: vars
+        run: |
+          Add-Content $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT "sha_short=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+
+      - name: Append git revision to project version
+        run: |
+          (Get-Content version.py) `
+          -Replace '^__version__\s*=\s*"[^"]+', "`$0.${{steps.vars.outputs.sha_short}}" |`
+          Out-File version.py
+
+      # Ensure Python version
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{env.PYTHON_VERSION}}
+
+      - name: Install project dependencies
+        run: |
+          python3 -m pip install wheel
+          python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Install UPX
+        run: |
+          Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://github.com/upx/upx/releases/download/v4.0.2/upx-4.0.2-win64.zip -OutFile (Join-Path $env:Temp upx.zip)
+          Expand-Archive -LiteralPath (Join-Path $env:Temp upx.zip) -DestinationPath $env:Temp
+          Move-Item -Path (Join-Path $env:Temp upx-*) -Destination (Join-Path $env:Temp upx)
+          Add-Content $env:GITHUB_PATH (Join-Path $env:Temp upx)
+
+      - name: Install PyInstaller
+        run: |
+          python3 -m pip install pyinstaller
+
+      - name: Create portable executable
+        run: |
+          pyinstaller build.spec
+
+      - name: Create release folder
+        run: |
+          $FolderName = 'Twitch Drops Miner'
+          New-Item $FolderName -ItemType Directory
+          Copy-Item dist\*.exe $FolderName
+          Copy-Item manual.txt $FolderName
+          Compress-Archive -Path $FolderName -DestinationPath Twitch.Drops.Miner.Windows.zip
+
+      - name: Upload build artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          name: Twitch.Drops.Miner.Windows
+          path: Twitch.Drops.Miner.Windows.zip
+
+  linux-pyinstaller:
+    name: Linux (PyInstaller)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up variables
+        id: vars
+        run: |
+          echo "sha_short=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+
+      - name: Append git revision to project version
+        run: |
+          sed -ri "s/^__version__\s*=\s*\"[^\"]+/\0.${{ steps.vars.outputs.sha_short }}/" version.py
+
+      # NOTE: We're only use a custom version of Python here because truststore requires at least Python 3.10, but Ubuntu 20.04 has Python 3.8.
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{env.PYTHON_VERSION}}
+
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1 libgirepository1.0-dev python3-tk
+
+      - name: Install project dependencies
+        run: |
+          python3 -m pip install wheel
+          python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Install PyInstaller
+        run: |
+          python3 -m pip install pyinstaller
+
+      # NOTE: Remove this step if/once libxft gets updated to 2.3.5 or newer on Ubuntu 20.04, which currently has 2.3.3.
+      - name: Build a recent version of libXft
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /tmp/libXft
+          cd /tmp/libXft
+          curl -L https://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/lib/libXft-2.3.8.tar.xz -o libXft.tar.xz
+          tar xvf libXft.tar.xz
+          cd libXft-*
+          ./configure --prefix=/tmp/libXft --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-static
+          make
+          make install-strip
+
+      - name: Create portable executable
+        run: |
+          LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/tmp/libXft/lib xvfb-run --auto-servernum pyinstaller build.spec
+
+      - name: Show PyInstaller warnings
+        run: |
+          cat build/build/warn-build.txt || true
+
+      - name: Create release folder
+        run: |
+          folder='Twitch Drops Miner'
+          mkdir "${folder}"
+          cp manual.txt dist/* "${folder}"
+          7z a Twitch.Drops.Miner.Linux.PyInstaller.zip "${folder}"
+
+      - name: Upload build artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          name: Twitch.Drops.Miner.Linux.PyInstaller
+          path: Twitch.Drops.Miner.Linux.PyInstaller.zip
+
+  linux-appimage:
+    name: Linux (AppImage)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up variables
+        id: vars
+        run: |
+          echo "app_version=$(python3 -c 'from version import __version__ as v; print(v)')" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+          echo "sha_short=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+
+      - name: Append git revision to project version
+        run: |
+          sed -ri "s/^__version__\s*=\s*\"[^\"]+/\0.${{steps.vars.outputs.sha_short}}/" version.py
+
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install libgirepository1.0-dev python3-testresources
+
+      - name: Download AppImage Builder
+        run: |
+          curl -L https://github.com/AppImageCrafters/appimage-builder/releases/download/v1.1.0/appimage-builder-1.1.0-x86_64.AppImage -o appimage-builder
+          chmod +x appimage-builder
+
+      - name: Create AppImage
+        env:
+          APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN: 1
+          APP_VERSION: ${{steps.vars.outputs.app_version}}.${{steps.vars.outputs.sha_short}}
+          PYTHON_VERSION: ${{env.PYTHON_VERSION}}
+        run: |
+          ./appimage-builder --recipe appimage/AppImageBuilder.yml
+
+      - name: Create release folder
+        run: |
+          folder='Twitch Drops Miner'
+          mkdir "${folder}"
+          cp *.AppImage manual.txt "${folder}"
+          7z a Twitch.Drops.Miner.Linux.AppImage.zip "${folder}"
+
+      - name: Upload build artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          name: Twitch.Drops.Miner.Linux.AppImage
+          path: Twitch.Drops.Miner.Linux.AppImage.zip
+
+  update_releases_page:
+    name: Upload builds to Releases
+    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+    needs:
+      - windows
+      - linux-pyinstaller
+      - linux-appimage
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up variables
+        id: vars
+        run: |
+          echo "date_now=$(date --rfc-3339=seconds)" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+
+      - name: Download build artifacts from previous jobs
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: artifacts
+
+      - name: Read patch notes from file
+        id: read_patch_notes
+        run: |
+          PATCH_NOTES=$(cat patch_notes.txt)
+          echo "patch_notes=$PATCH_NOTES" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Upload builds to Releases
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        with:
+          allowUpdates: true
+          artifactErrorsFailBuild: true
+          artifacts: artifacts/*/*
+          body: |
+            # ⚠️ Please help with translation as tracked in #2 !
+
+            ***
+            **This is an automatically generated updated version of the application, that includes the latest master branch changes.**
+            **This build should be stable, but if you encounter anything, please reoirt any issues you find.**
+
+            - Last build date: `${{ steps.vars.outputs.date_now }}`
+            - Reference commit: ${{ github.sha }}
+            
+            ***
+            ## Patch notes:
+            ${{ env.patch_notes }}
+
+          name: Updated build
+          prerelease: false
+          removeArtifacts: true
+          tag: v15

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-name: Build
+name: Build dev version
 
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - 'master'
+      - 'in-dev'
   pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - 'in-dev'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
@@ -214,12 +216,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: artifacts
 
-      - name: Read patch notes from file
-        id: read_patch_notes
-        run: |
-          PATCH_NOTES=$(cat patch_notes.txt)
-          echo "patch_notes=$PATCH_NOTES" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
       - name: Upload builds to Releases
         uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
         with:
@@ -230,17 +226,12 @@ jobs:
             # ⚠️ Please help with translation as tracked in #2 !
 
             ***
-            **This is an automatically generated in-development pre-release version of the application, that includes the latest master branch changes.**
-            **⚠️ This build should, but might not be stable and may end up terminating with a fatal error. ⚠️**
-            **Use at your own risk and please report issues.**
-
-            - Last build date: `${{ steps.vars.outputs.date_now }}`
-            - Reference commit: ${{ github.sha }}
-            
-            ***
-            ## Patch notes:
-            ${{ env.patch_notes }}
+            **This is an automatically generated in-development pre-release version of the application, that includes the latest in-dev branch changes.**
+            **⚠️ This build is not stable and may end up terminating with a fatal error. ⚠️**
+            **Use at your own risk.**
 
+            - Last build date: `${{steps.vars.outputs.date_now}}`
+            - Reference commit: ${{github.sha}}
           name: Development build
           prerelease: true
           removeArtifacts: true

README.md

@@ -130,4 +130,4 @@ if they aren't already there. Doing so ensures proper markdown rendering on Gith
 @Bamboozul - For the entirety of the Arabic (العربية) translation.  
 @Kjerne - For the entirety of the Danish (Dansk) translation.
 
-@Kuddus73 - For updating the "How It Works" Translations.
+@Kuddus73, @VSeryi, @Windows200000, @BreakshadowCN - For updating the "How It Works" Translations.

patch_notes.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ### 17.5.2024
-- added Italian translation and credits
-- updated ci.yml to include these patch notes
+- Updated Italian, Simplified Chineese and Spanish translation as well as corresponding credits
+- Various changes to github workflows