Simplify release workflow; node and .NET are runner prerequisites

Drop the per-job uv-installed nodejs-wheel steps — runner hosts must
have git, uv, node/npm and the .NET SDK installed system-wide.

.gitea/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
     tags:
       - "v*"
 
+# Runner host prerequisites: git, uv, node/npm, .NET SDK.
 jobs:
   gui-build:
     strategy:
@@ -19,34 +20,16 @@ jobs:
             shell: bash
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-      # Plain git clone instead of actions/checkout (a JS action that would
+      # Plain git clone: full history so setuptools_scm sees tags, and both
-      # require node on the host). Full history so setuptools_scm sees tags.
+      # shells work. Windows uses cmd: bash resolves to WSL (refuses SYSTEM
-      # ${{ }} expressions are substituted by the runner, so both shells work.
+      # accounts) and powershell hits the script execution policy under SYSTEM.
-      # Windows uses cmd: bash resolves to WSL (refuses SYSTEM accounts) and
-      # powershell hits the script execution policy under SYSTEM.
       - name: Checkout
         shell: ${{ matrix.shell }}
         run: |
           git clone "${{ gitea.server_url }}/${{ gitea.repository }}.git" .
           git checkout -f "${{ gitea.sha }}"
 
-      # The sdist build compiles the Vue frontend and needs node/npm.
+      - name: Build GUI app and dist packages
-      # Install per-job via uv so runner hosts don't need node set up.
-      - name: Install Node.js
-        if: matrix.os != 'windows'
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          uv tool install nodejs-wheel
-          echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
-
-      - name: Install Node.js (Windows)
-        if: matrix.os == 'windows'
-        shell: cmd
-        run: |
-          uv tool install nodejs-wheel
-          echo %USERPROFILE%\.local\bin>>"%GITHUB_PATH%"
-
-      - name: Build GUI app zip and dist packages
         shell: ${{ matrix.shell }}
         run: uv run --extra gui scripts/guibuild.py
 

docs/development.md

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ This launches the same pywebview-based desktop flow used by the Windows build.
 
 The helper scripts are directly executable via their `uv run` shebang (on Windows, run them with `uv run scripts/<name>.py`):
 
-- `./scripts/guibuild.py` builds the PyInstaller desktop app and packages it with Velopack under `build/`: per-user `Setup.exe` (Windows), `.pkg` installer (macOS), `.AppImage` (Linux), plus the update feed in `build/velopack/`. On Windows it also creates a `-win64-portable.zip` (no auto-updates). Requires the .NET SDK (>= 8 runtime) installed on the build host; `vpk` and ffmpeg are downloaded once into a persistent user cache (`~/.cache/mediahive-build`, `%LOCALAPPDATA%\mediahive-build` on Windows).
+- `./scripts/guibuild.py` builds the PyInstaller desktop app and packages it with Velopack under `build/`: per-user `Setup.exe` (Windows), `.pkg` installer (macOS), `.AppImage` (Linux), plus the update feed in `build/velopack/`. On Windows it also creates a `-win64-portable.zip` (no auto-updates). Requires node/npm and the .NET SDK (>= 10 runtime) installed on the build host; `vpk` and ffmpeg are downloaded once into a persistent user cache (`~/.cache/mediahive-build`, `%LOCALAPPDATA%\mediahive-build` on Windows).
 - `./scripts/release.py` publishes a release to the Gitea releases page, uploading the platform artifacts and the Velopack update feed files — installed apps auto-update from the latest release.
 
 Python packaging builds the frontend automatically through the hatch build hook `scripts/fastapi-vue/buildhook.py` (see `pyproject.toml`), so wheels and sdists always ship a fresh `mediahive/frontend-build`.