Custom Windows Installer & Uninstaller (#9815)

This PR introduces a new installer and uninstaller for the Windows platform.

Both are written in Rust and compiled to a single executable. The executable has no dependencies (other than what is included in the Windows), links the C++ runtime statically if needed.

The change is motivated by numerous issues with with the `electron-builder`-generated installers. The new installer should behave better, not have issues with long paths and unblock the `electron-builder` upgrade (which will significantly simplify the workflow definitions).

To build an installer, one needs to provide the unpacked application (generated by `electron-builder`) and the `electron-builder` configuration (with a few minor extensions). Code signing is also supported.

Author: mwu-tow

.cargo/config.toml

@@ -4,14 +4,16 @@ rustflags = ["--cfg", "tokio_unstable"]
 
 [target.wasm32-unknown-unknown]
 rustflags = [
-  # Increas the stack size from 1MB to 2MB. This is required to avoid running out of stack space
-  # in debug builds. The error is reported as `RuntimeError: memory access out of bounds`.
-  "-C",
-  "link-args=-z stack-size=2097152",
+    # Increas the stack size from 1MB to 2MB. This is required to avoid running out of stack space
+    # in debug builds. The error is reported as `RuntimeError: memory access out of bounds`.
+    "-C",
+    "link-args=-z stack-size=2097152",
 ]
 
 [target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
-rustflags = ["-C", "link-arg=/STACK:2097152"]
+# Static linking is required to avoid the need for the Visual C++ Redistributable. We care about this primarily for our
+# installer binary package.
+rustflags = ["-C", "link-arg=/STACK:2097152", "-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
 
 [target.x86_64-pc-windows-gnu]
 rustflags = ["-C", "link-arg=-Wl,--stack,2097152"]

.gitignore

@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ project/metals.sbt
 /build.json
 /app/ide-desktop/lib/client/electron-builder-config.json
 
+# Resources fire generated build-time for Win installer/uninstaller.
+/build/install/installer/archive.rc
+/build/install/icon.rc
+
 
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