Launcher tweaks

- Handle beta/rc tags in .version when launching Anki
- Update pyproject.toml/.python_version if distributed version newer
- Support prerelease marker to opt in to betas
- Check for updates when using uv sync
- Avoid system Python by default, as it can cause breakages
(e.g. ARM Python installed on Windows)

pylib/anki/utils.py

@@ -309,12 +309,17 @@ def int_version() -> int:
     """Anki's version as an integer in the form YYMMPP, e.g. 230900.
     (year, month, patch).
     In 2.1.x releases, this was just the last number."""
+    import re
+
     from anki.buildinfo import version
 
+    # Strip non-numeric characters (handles beta/rc suffixes like '25.02b1' or 'rc3')
+    numeric_version = re.sub(r"[^0-9.]", "", version)
+
     try:
-        [year, month, patch] = version.split(".")
+        [year, month, patch] = numeric_version.split(".")
     except ValueError:
-        [year, month] = version.split(".")
+        [year, month] = numeric_version.split(".")
         patch = "0"
 
     year_num = int(year)

qt/hatch_build.py

@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ class CustomBuildHook(BuildHookInterface):
     def _set_anki_dependency(self, version: str, build_data: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         # Get current dependencies and replace 'anki' with exact version
         dependencies = build_data.setdefault("dependencies", [])
-        
+
         # Remove any existing anki dependency
         dependencies[:] = [dep for dep in dependencies if not dep.startswith("anki")]
-        
+
         # Handle version detection
         actual_version = version
         if version == "standard":
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class CustomBuildHook(BuildHookInterface):
             version_file = project_root / ".version"
             if version_file.exists():
                 actual_version = version_file.read_text().strip()
-        
+
         # Only add exact version for real releases, not editable installs
         if actual_version != "editable":
             dependencies.append(f"anki=={actual_version}")

qt/launcher/mac/build.sh

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ APP_LAUNCHER="$OUTPUT_DIR/Anki.app"
 rm -rf "$APP_LAUNCHER"
 
 # Build binaries for both architectures
+rustup target add aarch64-apple-darwin x86_64-apple-darwin
 cargo build -p launcher --release --target aarch64-apple-darwin
 cargo build -p launcher --release --target x86_64-apple-darwin
 (cd ../../.. && ./ninja launcher:uv_universal)

qt/launcher/pyproject.toml

@@ -5,18 +5,4 @@ description = "UV-based launcher for Anki."
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
   "anki-release",
-  # so we can use testpypi
-  "anki",
-  "aqt",
 ]
-
-[tool.uv.sources]
-anki-release = { index = "testpypi" }
-anki = { index = "testpypi" }
-aqt = { index = "testpypi" }
-
-[[tool.uv.index]]
-name = "testpypi"
-url = "https://test.pypi.org/simple/"
-publish-url = "https://test.pypi.org/legacy/"
-explicit = true

qt/launcher/src/main.rs

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 use std::io::stdin;
 use std::process::Command;
 
-use anki_io::copy_file;
+use anki_io::copy_if_newer;
 use anki_io::create_dir_all;
-use anki_io::metadata;
+use anki_io::modified_time;
 use anki_io::remove_file;
 use anki_io::write_file;
 use anki_process::CommandExt;
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
         .join("AnkiProgramFiles");
 
     let sync_complete_marker = uv_install_root.join(".sync_complete");
+    let prerelease_marker = uv_install_root.join("prerelease");
     let (exe_dir, resources_dir) = get_exe_and_resources_dirs()?;
     let dist_pyproject_path = resources_dir.join("pyproject.toml");
     let user_pyproject_path = uv_install_root.join("pyproject.toml");
@@ -59,14 +60,15 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
     let uv_lock_path = uv_install_root.join("uv.lock");
     let uv_path: std::path::PathBuf = exe_dir.join(get_uv_binary_name());
 
+    // Create install directory and copy project files in
+    create_dir_all(&uv_install_root)?;
+    copy_if_newer(&dist_pyproject_path, &user_pyproject_path)?;
+    copy_if_newer(&dist_python_version_path, &user_python_version_path)?;
+
     let pyproject_has_changed =
         !user_pyproject_path.exists() || !sync_complete_marker.exists() || {
-            let pyproject_toml_time = metadata(&user_pyproject_path)?
+            let pyproject_toml_time = modified_time(&user_pyproject_path)?;
-                .modified()
+            let sync_complete_time = modified_time(&sync_complete_marker)?;
-                .context("Failed to get pyproject.toml modified time")?;
-            let sync_complete_time = metadata(&sync_complete_marker)?
-                .modified()
-                .context("Failed to get sync marker modified time")?;
             Ok::<bool, anyhow::Error>(pyproject_toml_time > sync_complete_time)
         }
         .unwrap_or(true);
@@ -81,22 +83,21 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
     // we'll need to launch uv; reinvoke ourselves in a terminal so the user can see
     handle_terminal_launch()?;
 
-    // Create install directory and copy project files in
-    create_dir_all(&uv_install_root)?;
-    if !user_pyproject_path.exists() {
-        copy_file(&dist_pyproject_path, &user_pyproject_path)?;
-        copy_file(&dist_python_version_path, &user_python_version_path)?;
-    }
-
     // Remove sync marker before attempting sync
     let _ = remove_file(&sync_complete_marker);
 
     // Sync the venv
-    if let Err(e) = Command::new(&uv_path)
+    let mut command = Command::new(&uv_path);
+    command
         .current_dir(&uv_install_root)
-        .args(["sync", "--refresh"])
+        .args(["sync", "--upgrade", "--managed-python"]);
-        .ensure_success()
+
-    {
+    // Set UV_PRERELEASE=allow if prerelease file exists
+    if prerelease_marker.exists() {
+        command.env("UV_PRERELEASE", "allow");
+    }
+
+    if let Err(e) = command.ensure_success() {
         // If sync fails due to things like a missing wheel on pypi,
         // we need to remove the lockfile or uv will cache the bad result.
         let _ = remove_file(&uv_lock_path);

rslib/io/src/lib.rs

@@ -152,6 +152,34 @@ pub fn copy_file(src: impl AsRef<Path>, dst: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<u64> {
     })
 }
 
+/// Copy a file from src to dst if dst doesn't exist or if src is newer than
+/// dst. Preserves the modification time from the source file.
+pub fn copy_if_newer(src: impl AsRef<Path>, dst: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<bool> {
+    let src = src.as_ref();
+    let dst = dst.as_ref();
+
+    let should_copy = if !dst.exists() {
+        true
+    } else {
+        let src_time = modified_time(src)?;
+        let dst_time = modified_time(dst)?;
+        src_time > dst_time
+    };
+
+    if should_copy {
+        copy_file(src, dst)?;
+
+        // Preserve the modification time from the source file
+        let src_mtime = modified_time(src)?;
+        let times = FileTimes::new().set_modified(src_mtime);
+        set_file_times(dst, times)?;
+
+        Ok(true)
+    } else {
+        Ok(false)
+    }
+}
+
 /// Like [read_file], but skips the section that is potentially locked by
 /// SQLite.
 pub fn read_locked_db_file(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
@@ -188,6 +216,14 @@ pub fn metadata(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<std::fs::Metadata> {
     })
 }
 
+/// Get the modification time of a file.
+pub fn modified_time(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<std::time::SystemTime> {
+    metadata(&path)?.modified().context(FileIoSnafu {
+        path: path.as_ref(),
+        op: FileOp::Metadata,
+    })
+}
+
 pub fn new_tempfile() -> Result<NamedTempFile> {
     NamedTempFile::new().context(FileIoSnafu {
         path: std::env::temp_dir(),