Remove Windows support (#234)

* Remove Windows binary support

* Update CHANGELOG.md

Co-authored-by: Oliver Fuerst <[email protected]>

* Update CHANGELOG.md

Co-authored-by: Dylan Thacker-Smith <[email protected]>

* Update windows section

* Update README.md

Co-authored-by: Dylan Thacker-Smith <[email protected]>

* Update README.md

Co-authored-by: Dylan Thacker-Smith <[email protected]>

* Remove windows fossa step

* Remove deps/windows_x86_64

Co-authored-by: Oliver Fuerst <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Dylan Thacker-Smith <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Roger Chapman <[email protected]>

Author: 4 people

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
         # We use macos-11 over macos-latest because macos-latest defaults to Catalina(10.15) and not Big Sur(11.0)
         # We can switch to macos-latest whenever Big Sur becomes the default
         # See https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments#available-environments
-        platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-11, windows-latest]
+        platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-11]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
 
     steps:
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ jobs:
         go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Add MINGW to PATH
-      if: matrix.platform == 'windows-latest'
-      run: echo "C:\msys64\mingw64\bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-      shell: bash
     - name: Go Test
       env:
         CGO_CXXFLAGS: "-Werror"
@@ -45,16 +41,10 @@ jobs:
     - name: Add GOPATH to GITHUB_ENV
       run: echo "GOPATH=$(go env GOPATH)" >>"$GITHUB_ENV"
     - name: Scan and upload FOSSA data (Linux/Mac)
-      if: env.FOSSA_API_KEY != '' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && matrix.platform != 'windows-latest'
+      if: env.FOSSA_API_KEY != '' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
       run: |
         curl -H 'Cache-Control: no-cache' https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fossas/fossa-cli/master/install.sh | sudo bash
         fossa analyze
       env:
         FOSSA_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.FOSSA_API_KEY }}
-    - name: Scan and upload FOSSA data (Windows)
-      if: env.FOSSA_API_KEY != '' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && matrix.platform == 'windows-latest'
-      run: |
-        Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; iex  ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fossas/fossa-cli/master/install.ps1'))
-        C:\ProgramData\fossa-cli\fossa.exe analyze
-      env:
-        FOSSA_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.FOSSA_API_KEY }}
+        

.github/workflows/v8build.yml

@@ -14,13 +14,11 @@ jobs:
                 #
                 # We need xcode 12.4 or newer to cross compile between arm64/amd64
                 # https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/blob/main/images/macos/macos-11-Readme.md#xcode
-                platform: [ubuntu-18.04, macos-11, windows-latest]
+                platform: [ubuntu-18.04, macos-11]
                 arch: [x86_64, arm64]
                 exclude:
                 - platform: ubuntu-18.04
                   arch: arm64
-                - platform: windows-latest
-                  arch: arm64
         runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
         steps:
             - name: Checkout
@@ -37,16 +35,6 @@ jobs:
             - name: Build V8 macOS
               if: matrix.platform == 'macos-11'
               run: cd deps && ./build.py --arch ${{ matrix.arch }}
-            - name: Add MSYS2 to PATH
-              if: matrix.platform == 'windows-latest'
-              run: echo "C:\msys64\mingw64\bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-              shell: bash
-            - name: Build V8 windows
-              if: matrix.platform == 'windows-latest'
-              run: cd deps; python build.py --no-clang --arch ${{ matrix.arch }}
-              env:
-                MSYSTEM: MINGW64
-                DEPOT_TOOLS_WIN_TOOLCHAIN: 0
             - name: Create PR
               uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
               with:

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ to run a pre-compiled script in new contexts.
 - Removed error return value from Context.Isolate() which never fails
 - Removed error return value from NewObjectTemplate and NewFunctionTemplate. Panic if given a nil argument.
 - Function Call accepts receiver as first argument.
+- Removed Windows support until its build issues are addressed.
 
 ### Fixed
 - Add some missing error propagation

README.md

@@ -192,21 +192,20 @@ please join the [**#v8go**](https://gophers.slack.com/channels/v8go) channel on
 
 ### Windows
 
-In order to build a project using v8go on Windows, Go requires a gcc compiler to be installed.
+There used to be Windows binary support. For further information see, [PR #234](https://github.com/rogchap/v8go/pull/234).
 
-To set this up:
-1. Install MSYS2 (https://www.msys2.org/)
-2. Add the Mingw-w64 bin to your PATH environment variable (`C:\msys64\mingw64\bin` by default)
-3. Open MSYS2 MSYS and execute `pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain`
-
-V8 requires 64-bit on Windows, therefore it will not work on 32-bit systems.
+The v8go library would welcome contributions from anyone able to get an external windows
+build of the V8 library linking with v8go, using the version of V8 checked out in the
+`deps/v8` git submodule, and documentation of the process involved. This process will likely
+involve passing a linker flag when building v8go (e.g. using the `CGO_LDFLAGS` environment
+variable.
 
 ## V8 dependency
 
 V8 version: **9.0.257.18** (April 2021)
 
 In order to make `v8go` usable as a standard Go package, prebuilt static libraries of V8
-are included for Linux, macOS and Windows ie. you *should not* require to build V8 yourself.
+are included for Linux and macOS. you *should not* require to build V8 yourself.
 
 Due to security concerns of binary blobs hiding malicious code, the V8 binary is built via CI *ONLY*.
 
@@ -247,7 +246,7 @@ The next steps are:
 1) The build is not yet triggered automatically. To trigger it manually, go to the [V8
 Build](https://github.com/rogchap/v8go/actions?query=workflow%3A%22V8+Build%22) Github Action, Select "Run workflow",
 and select your pushed branch eg. `v8_upgrade/<v8-version>`.
-1) Once built, this should open 3 PRs against your branch to add the `libv8.a` for Linux, macOS and Windows; merge
+1) Once built, this should open 3 PRs against your branch to add the `libv8.a` for Linux (for x86_64) and macOS for x86_64 and arm64; merge
 these PRs into your branch. You are now ready to raise the PR against `master` with the latest version of V8.
 
 ### Flushing after C/C++ standard library printing for debugging

cgo.go

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ package v8go
 // #cgo darwin,amd64 LDFLAGS: -L${SRCDIR}/deps/darwin_x86_64
 // #cgo darwin,arm64 LDFLAGS: -L${SRCDIR}/deps/darwin_arm64
 // #cgo linux LDFLAGS: -L${SRCDIR}/deps/linux_x86_64
-// #cgo windows LDFLAGS: -L${SRCDIR}/deps/windows_x86_64 -static -ldbghelp -lssp -lwinmm -lz
 import "C"
 
 // These imports forces `go mod vendor` to pull in all the folders that
@@ -22,5 +21,4 @@ import (
 	_ "rogchap.com/v8go/deps/darwin_x86_64"
 	_ "rogchap.com/v8go/deps/include"
 	_ "rogchap.com/v8go/deps/linux_x86_64"
-	_ "rogchap.com/v8go/deps/windows_x86_64"
 )