[ci] remove 'v' prefix from Debian package version

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -35,12 +35,14 @@ jobs:
         id: set_deb_version
         run: |
           SHORT_SHA=$(echo "${GITHUB_SHA}" | cut -c1-7)
+          BUILD_DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d)
           if [[ ! "${VERSION_NUM}" =~ ^[0-9] ]]; then
-            LEGAL_VERSION="0.0.0-${VERSION_NUM}-${SHORT_SHA}"
+            LEGAL_VERSION="v0.0.0-${VERSION_NUM}-${BUILD_DATE}-${SHORT_SHA}"
           else
-            LEGAL_VERSION="${VERSION_NUM}-${SHORT_SHA}"
+            LEGAL_VERSION="v${VERSION_NUM}-${BUILD_DATE}-${SHORT_SHA}"
           fi
           echo "LEGAL_VERSION=${LEGAL_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "BUILD_DATE=${BUILD_DATE}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -99,12 +101,14 @@ jobs:
         id: set_deb_version
         run: |
           SHORT_SHA=$(echo "${GITHUB_SHA}" | cut -c1-7)
+          BUILD_DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d)
           if [[ ! "${VERSION_NUM}" =~ ^[0-9] ]]; then
-            LEGAL_VERSION="0.0.0-${VERSION_NUM}-${SHORT_SHA}"
+            LEGAL_VERSION="v0.0.0-${VERSION_NUM}-${BUILD_DATE}-${SHORT_SHA}"
           else
-            LEGAL_VERSION="${VERSION_NUM}-${SHORT_SHA}"
+            LEGAL_VERSION="v${VERSION_NUM}-${BUILD_DATE}-${SHORT_SHA}"
           fi
           echo "LEGAL_VERSION=${LEGAL_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "BUILD_DATE=${BUILD_DATE}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -160,9 +164,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           VERSION="${GITHUB_REF##*/}"
           SHORT_SHA=$(echo "${GITHUB_SHA}" | cut -c1-7)
-          VERSION_NUM="${VERSION#v}-${SHORT_SHA}"
+          BUILD_DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d)
+          VERSION_NUM="v${VERSION#v}-${BUILD_DATE}-${SHORT_SHA}"
           echo "VERSION_NUM=${VERSION_NUM}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "VERSION_NUM=${VERSION_NUM}"
+          echo "BUILD_DATE=${BUILD_DATE}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Cache xmake dependencies
         uses: actions/cache@v4
@@ -223,7 +229,9 @@ jobs:
           $version = $version -replace '^v', ''
           $version = $version -replace '/', '-'
           $SHORT_SHA = $env:GITHUB_SHA.Substring(0,7)
-          echo "VERSION_NUM=$version-$SHORT_SHA" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+          $BUILD_DATE = Get-Date -Format "yyyyMMdd"
+          echo "VERSION_NUM=v$version-$BUILD_DATE-$SHORT_SHA" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "BUILD_DATE=$BUILD_DATE" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Cache xmake dependencies
         uses: actions/cache@v4
@@ -292,7 +300,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           xmake f --CROSSDESK_VERSION=${{ env.VERSION_NUM }} -y
           xmake b -vy crossdesk
- 
+
       - name: Decode and save certificate
         shell: powershell
         run: |
@@ -332,8 +340,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           VERSION="${GITHUB_REF##*/}"
           SHORT_SHA=$(echo "${GITHUB_SHA}" | cut -c1-7)
-          VERSION_NUM="${VERSION#v}-${SHORT_SHA}"
+          BUILD_DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d)
+          BUILD_DATE_ISO=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
+          VERSION_NUM="v${VERSION#v}-${BUILD_DATE}-${SHORT_SHA}"
+          VERSION_ONLY="${VERSION#v}"
           echo "VERSION_NUM=${VERSION_NUM}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "VERSION_ONLY=${VERSION_ONLY}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "BUILD_DATE=${BUILD_DATE}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "BUILD_DATE_ISO=${BUILD_DATE_ISO}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Rename artifacts
         run: |
@@ -387,17 +401,43 @@ jobs:
           remote_key: ${{ secrets.SERVER_KEY }}
 
       - name: Generate version.json
-        run: | 
-          echo "{" > version.json
-          echo " \"latest_version\": \"${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION_NUM }}\"" >> version.json
-          echo "}" >> version.json cat version.json
+        run: |
+          cat > version.json << EOF
+          {
+            "version": "${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION_ONLY }}",
+            "releaseDate": "${{ steps.version.outputs.BUILD_DATE_ISO }}",
+            "downloads": {
+              "windows-x64": {
+                "url": "https://downloads.crossdesk.cn/crossdesk-win-x64-${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION_NUM }}.exe",
+                "filename": "crossdesk-win-x64-${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION_NUM }}.exe"
+              },
+              "macos-x64": {
+                "url": "https://downloads.crossdesk.cn/crossdesk-macos-x64-${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION_NUM }}.pkg",
+                "filename": "crossdesk-macos-x64-${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION_NUM }}.pkg"
+              },
+              "macos-arm64": {
+                "url": "https://downloads.crossdesk.cn/crossdesk-macos-arm64-${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION_NUM }}.pkg",
+                "filename": "crossdesk-macos-arm64-${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION_NUM }}.pkg"
+              },
+              "linux-amd64": {
+                "url": "https://downloads.crossdesk.cn/crossdesk-linux-amd64-${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION_NUM }}.deb",
+                "filename": "crossdesk-linux-amd64-${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION_NUM }}.deb"
+              },
+              "linux-arm64": {
+                "url": "https://downloads.crossdesk.cn/crossdesk-linux-arm64-${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION_NUM }}.deb",
+                "filename": "crossdesk-linux-arm64-${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION_NUM }}.deb"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+          EOF
+          cat version.json
 
-      - name: Upload version.json to server 
+      - name: Upload version.json to server
         uses: burnett01/rsync-deployments@5.2
-        with: 
+        with:
           switches: -avzr --delete
-          path: version.json 
-          remote_path: /var/www/html/version/ 
-          remote_host: ${{ secrets.SERVER_HOST }} 
-          remote_user: ${{ secrets.SERVER_USER }} 
-          remote_key: ${{ secrets.SERVER_KEY }}
+          path: version.json
+          remote_path: /var/www/html/version/
+          remote_host: ${{ secrets.SERVER_HOST }}
+          remote_user: ${{ secrets.SERVER_USER }}
+          remote_key: ${{ secrets.SERVER_KEY }}

.github/workflows/update-pages.yml

@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-name: Update GitHub Pages Downloads
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - "v*"
-
-jobs:
-  update-pages:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout CrossDesk repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Set version number
-        id: version
-        run: |
-          SHORT_SHA=$(echo "${GITHUB_SHA}" | cut -c1-7)
-          VERSION_NUM="${GITHUB_REF##*/}"
-          VERSION_NUM="${VERSION_NUM#v}-${SHORT_SHA}"
-          echo "VERSION_NUM=${VERSION_NUM}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "VERSION_NUM=${VERSION_NUM}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Checkout Pages repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: kunkundi/kunkundi.github.io
-          token: ${{ secrets.GH_PAGES_PAT }}
-          path: pages
-
-      - name: Update download links
-        run: |
-          cd pages
-          echo "Updating download links to ${VERSION_NUM}"
-          sed -E -i "s/crossdesk-win-x64-[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[A-Za-z0-9._-]+)?\.exe/crossdesk-win-x64-${VERSION_NUM}.exe/g" index.html
-          sed -E -i "s/crossdesk-macos-x64-[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[A-Za-z0-9._-]+)?\.pkg/crossdesk-macos-x64-${VERSION_NUM}.pkg/g" index.html
-          sed -E -i "s/crossdesk-macos-arm64-[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[A-Za-z0-9._-]+)?\.pkg/crossdesk-macos-arm64-${VERSION_NUM}.pkg/g" index.html
-          sed -E -i "s/crossdesk-linux-amd64-[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[A-Za-z0-9._-]+)?\.deb/crossdesk-linux-amd64-${VERSION_NUM}.deb/g" index.html
-          sed -E -i "s/crossdesk-linux-arm64-[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[A-Za-z0-9._-]+)?\.deb/crossdesk-linux-arm64-${VERSION_NUM}.deb/g" index.html
-          git diff index.html || true
-
-      - name: Commit & Push changes
-        run: |
-          cd pages
-          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git add index.html
-          git commit -m "Update download links to v${VERSION_NUM}" || echo "No changes to commit"
-          git push origin main
-        env:
-          VERSION_NUM: ${{ env.VERSION_NUM }}

scripts/linux/pkg_amd64.sh

@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ ARCHITECTURE="amd64"
 MAINTAINER="Junkun Di <junkun.di@hotmail.com>"
 DESCRIPTION="A simple cross-platform remote desktop client."
 
-DEB_DIR="${PKG_NAME}-${APP_VERSION}"
+# Remove 'v' prefix from version for Debian package (Debian version must start with digit)
+DEB_VERSION="${APP_VERSION#v}"
+
+DEB_DIR="${PKG_NAME}-${DEB_VERSION}"
 DEBIAN_DIR="$DEB_DIR/DEBIAN"
 BIN_DIR="$DEB_DIR/usr/bin"
 CERT_SRC_DIR="$DEB_DIR/opt/$PKG_NAME/certs"
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ done
 
 cat > "$DEBIAN_DIR/control" << EOF
 Package: $PKG_NAME
-Version: $APP_VERSION
+Version: $DEB_VERSION
 Architecture: $ARCHITECTURE
 Maintainer: $MAINTAINER
 Description: $DESCRIPTION
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ EOF
 
 cat > "$DESKTOP_DIR/$PKG_NAME.desktop" << EOF
 [Desktop Entry]
-Version=$APP_VERSION
+Version=$DEB_VERSION
 Name=$APP_NAME
 Comment=$DESCRIPTION
 Exec=/usr/bin/$PKG_NAME

scripts/linux/pkg_arm64.sh

@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ ARCHITECTURE="arm64"
 MAINTAINER="Junkun Di <junkun.di@hotmail.com>"
 DESCRIPTION="A simple cross-platform remote desktop client."
 
-DEB_DIR="${PKG_NAME}-${APP_VERSION}"
+# Remove 'v' prefix from version for Debian package (Debian version must start with digit)
+DEB_VERSION="${APP_VERSION#v}"
+
+DEB_DIR="${PKG_NAME}-${DEB_VERSION}"
 DEBIAN_DIR="$DEB_DIR/DEBIAN"
 BIN_DIR="$DEB_DIR/usr/bin"
 CERT_SRC_DIR="$DEB_DIR/opt/$PKG_NAME/certs"
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ done
 
 cat > "$DEBIAN_DIR/control" << EOF
 Package: $PKG_NAME
-Version: $APP_VERSION
+Version: $DEB_VERSION
 Architecture: $ARCHITECTURE
 Maintainer: $MAINTAINER
 Description: $DESCRIPTION
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ EOF
 
 cat > "$DESKTOP_DIR/$PKG_NAME.desktop" << EOF
 [Desktop Entry]
-Version=$APP_VERSION
+Version=$DEB_VERSION
 Name=$APP_NAME
 Comment=$DESCRIPTION
 Exec=/usr/bin/$PKG_NAME

src/version_checker/version_checker.cpp

@@ -12,11 +12,15 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 #include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
 
 using json = nlohmann::json;
 
 namespace crossdesk {
 
+static std::string latest_release_date_ = "";
+
 std::string ExtractNumericPart(const std::string& ver) {
   size_t start = 0;
   while (start < ver.size() && !std::isdigit(ver[start])) start++;
@@ -39,6 +43,39 @@ std::vector<int> SplitVersion(const std::string& ver) {
   return nums;
 }
 
+// extract date from version string (format: v1.2.3-20251113-abc
+// or 1.2.3-20251113-abc)
+std::string ExtractDateFromVersion(const std::string& version) {
+  size_t dash1 = version.find('-');
+  if (dash1 != std::string::npos) {
+    size_t dash2 = version.find('-', dash1 + 1);
+    if (dash2 != std::string::npos) {
+      std::string date_part = version.substr(dash1 + 1, dash2 - dash1 - 1);
+
+      bool is_date = true;
+      for (char c : date_part) {
+        if (!std::isdigit(c)) {
+          is_date = false;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+      if (is_date) {
+        // convert YYYYMMDD to YYYY-MM-DD
+        return date_part.substr(0, 4) + "-" + date_part.substr(4, 2) + "-" +
+               date_part.substr(6, 2);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return "";
+}
+
+// compare two dates in YYYY-MM-DD format
+bool IsNewerDate(const std::string& date1, const std::string& date2) {
+  if (date1.empty() || date2.empty()) return false;
+  // simple string comparison works for ISO date format (YYYY-MM-DD)
+  return date2 > date1;
+}
+
 bool IsNewerVersion(const std::string& current, const std::string& latest) {
   auto v1 = SplitVersion(ExtractNumericPart(current));
   auto v2 = SplitVersion(ExtractNumericPart(latest));
@@ -51,6 +88,44 @@ bool IsNewerVersion(const std::string& current, const std::string& latest) {
     if (v2[i] > v1[i]) return true;
     if (v2[i] < v1[i]) return false;
   }
+
+  // if versions are equal, compare by release date
+  if (!latest_release_date_.empty()) {
+    // try to extract date from current version string
+    std::string current_date = ExtractDateFromVersion(current);
+    if (!current_date.empty()) {
+      return IsNewerDate(current_date, latest_release_date_);
+    } else {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+bool IsNewerVersionWithDate(const std::string& current_version,
+                            const std::string& current_date,
+                            const std::string& latest_version,
+                            const std::string& latest_date) {
+  // compare versions
+  auto v1 = SplitVersion(ExtractNumericPart(current_version));
+  auto v2 = SplitVersion(ExtractNumericPart(latest_version));
+
+  size_t len = std::max(v1.size(), v2.size());
+  v1.resize(len, 0);
+  v2.resize(len, 0);
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+    if (v2[i] > v1[i]) return true;
+    if (v2[i] < v1[i]) return false;
+  }
+
+  // if versions are equal, compare by release date
+  if (!current_date.empty() && !latest_date.empty()) {
+    return IsNewerDate(current_date, latest_date);
+  }
+
+  // if dates are not available, versions are equal
   return false;
 }
 
@@ -64,17 +139,27 @@ std::string CheckUpdate() {
     if (res->status == 200) {
       try {
         auto j = json::parse(res->body);
-        std::string latest = j["latest_version"];
+        std::string latest = j["version"];
+        if (j.contains("releaseDate") && j["releaseDate"].is_string()) {
+          latest_release_date_ = j["releaseDate"];
+        } else {
+          latest_release_date_ = "";
+        }
         return latest;
       } catch (std::exception&) {
+        latest_release_date_ = "";
         return "";
       }
     } else {
+      latest_release_date_ = "";
       return "";
     }
   } else {
+    latest_release_date_ = "";
     return "";
   }
 }
+
+std::string GetLatestReleaseDate() { return latest_release_date_; }
 }  // namespace crossdesk
 #endif