[T2.6] Reconcile docs/beta-engineering-spec.md (signed MSIX) with what ships (NSIS installer, #417) #438

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3. iamfatness commented on Sep 12, 2026

   

   iamfatness

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   Done in #504 (merged to main), and recorded in docs/BACKLOG.md as T2.6 — the
   issue row was simply never closed.

   docs/beta-engineering-spec.md now states plainly that the MSIX + App Installer
   recommendation is SUPERSEDED and that the shipped path is the NSIS installer
   (#417), with the runbook pointing at package-alpha.ps1 /
   package-alpha-installer.ps1 / Test-AlphaInstaller.ps1.

   The part worth keeping is what the change COST, which the spec now records:
   MSIX would have given install + auto-update from one hosted .appinstaller file,
   so auto-update is now unbuilt rather than nearly free, and the installer had
   to grow by hand what MSIX does for nothing (one stable entry point, a
   manifest-driven uninstall, a refusal that says why — T2.7/#474).

   Signing is unaffected either way: T0.1 (#423) is still the blocker and
   release.yml already refuses to ship unsigned.
4. iamfatness

   closed this as completedon Sep 12, 2026