fix(wip): added generation of file_version_info.txt to include metadata in Windows executables

aw-qt.spec

@@ -8,17 +8,105 @@
 import platform
 import os
 import sys
+from datetime import datetime
+
+WIN = platform.system() == "Windows"
+
+VS_VERSION_INFO = """
+VSVersionInfo(
+  ffi=FixedFileInfo(
+    # filevers and prodvers should be always a tuple with four
+    # items: (1, 2, 3, 4)
+    # Set not needed items to zero 0.
+    filevers=%(ver_tup)r,
+    prodvers=%(ver_tup)r,
+    # Contains a bitmask that specifies the valid bits 'flags'r
+    mask=0x0,
+    # Contains a bitmask that specifies the Boolean attributes
+    # of the file.
+    flags=0x0,
+    # The operating system for which this file was designed.
+    # 0x4 - NT and there is no need to change it.
+    OS=0x4,
+    # The general type of file.
+    # 0x1 - the file is an application.
+    fileType=0x1,
+    # The function of the file.
+    # 0x0 - the function is not defined for this fileType
+    subtype=0x0,
+    # Creation date and time stamp.
+    # NOTE: Nobody ever sets this: https://stackoverflow.com/q/67851414/965332
+    date=(0, 0)
+  ),
+  kids=[
+    StringFileInfo(
+      [
+      StringTable(
+        u'040904E4',
+        [StringStruct(u'FileDescription', u'%(name)s'),
+        StringStruct(u'FileVersion', u'%(ver_str)s'),
+        StringStruct(u'InternalName', u'%(internal_name)s'),
+        StringStruct(u'LegalCopyright', u'Copyright © %(year) ActivityWatch Contributors'),
+        StringStruct(u'OriginalFilename', u'%(exe_name)s'),
+        StringStruct(u'ProductName', u'%(name)s'),
+        StringStruct(u'ProductVersion', u'%(ver_str)s')])
+      ]),
+    VarFileInfo([VarStruct(u'Translation', [1033, 1252])])
+  ]
+)"""
 
 
 extra_pathex = []
-if platform.system() == "Windows":
+if WIN:
 	# The Windows version includes paths to Qt binaries which are
 	# not automatically found due to bug in PyInstaller 3.2.
 	# See: https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/issues/2152
 	import PyQt5
 	pyqt_path = os.path.dirname(PyQt5.__file__)
 	extra_pathex.append(pyqt_path + "\\Qt\\bin")
 
+file_ext = '.exe' if WIN else ''
+
+
+# Read version information on Windows.
+# We need to construct a file_version_info.txt file for the Windows installer.
+# Eventually we might want this for all modules, if worth the effort (its a bit messy...).
+# Based on: https://github.com/Yubico/python-yubicommon/blob/master/yubicommon/setup/pyinstaller_spec.py
+VERSION = None
+if WIN:
+    NAME = "ActivityWatch"
+    INTERNAL_NAME = "aw-qt"  # TODO: fetch from package info
+    VERSION = 'build/file_version_info.txt'
+    # FIXME: Don't hardcode
+    ver_str = "0.12.0"
+
+    global int_or_zero  # Needed due to how this script is invoked
+
+    def int_or_zero(v):
+        try:
+            return int(v)
+        except ValueError:
+            return 0
+
+    ver_tup = tuple(int_or_zero(v) for v in ver_str.split('.'))
+    # Windows needs 4-tuple.
+    if len(ver_tup) < 4:
+        ver_tup += (0,) * (4-len(ver_tup))
+    elif len(ver_tup) > 4:
+        ver_tup = ver_tup[:4]
+
+    # Write version info.
+    with open(VERSION, 'w') as f:
+        f.write(VS_VERSION_INFO % {
+            'name': NAME,
+            'internal_name': INTERNAL_NAME,
+            'ver_tup': ver_tup,
+            'ver_str': ver_str,
+            'exe_name': INTERNAL_NAME + file_ext,
+            'year': datetime.now().year,
+        })
+
+
 
 icon = 'media/logo/logo.ico'
 block_cipher = None
@@ -46,11 +134,19 @@ exe = EXE(pyz,
           a.scripts,
           exclude_binaries=True,
           name='aw-qt',
+          version=VERSION,
           debug=False,
           strip=False,
           upx=True,
           icon=icon,
-          console=False if platform.system() == "Windows" else True)
+          console=False if WIN else True)
+
+# Sign the executable
+# This is how it's done for the python-yubicommon package (linked above), should take some inspiration.
+#if WIN:
+#    os.system("signtool.exe sign /fd SHA256 /t http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timstamp.dll \"%s\"" %
+#            (exe.name))
+
 coll = COLLECT(exe,
                a.binaries,
                a.zipfiles,