Windows Arm64 release?

[xcpky]

could we have a windows arm64 release?

[the-mikedavis]

The build targets for the release CI are here:

helix/.github/workflows/release.yml

Lines 61 to 102 in 9722656

	build: [x86_64-linux, x86_64-macos, x86_64-windows] #, x86_64-win-gnu, win32-msvc
	include:
	- build: x86_64-linux
	os: ubuntu-latest
	rust: stable
	target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
	cross: false
	- build: aarch64-linux
	os: ubuntu-latest
	rust: stable
	target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
	cross: true
	# - build: riscv64-linux
	# os: ubuntu-latest
	# rust: stable
	# target: riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu
	# cross: true
	- build: x86_64-macos
	os: macos-latest
	rust: stable
	target: x86_64-apple-darwin
	cross: false
	- build: x86_64-windows
	os: windows-latest
	rust: stable
	target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
	cross: false
	# 23.03: build issues
	- build: aarch64-macos
	os: macos-latest
	rust: stable
	target: aarch64-apple-darwin
	cross: false
	skip_tests: true # x86_64 host can't run aarch64 code
	# - build: x86_64-win-gnu
	# os: windows-2019
	# rust: stable-x86_64-gnu
	# target: x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
	# - build: win32-msvc
	# os: windows-2019
	# rust: stable
	# target: i686-pc-windows-msvc

Adding the aarch windows target might work out of the box.

[pascalkuthe]

I don't think github offers Windows arm64 runners so we can't build in CI

[the-mikedavis]

Cross-compiling might work, like what we do for aarch64 linux. I think we did the same for aarch64 macos but now that github has switched the macos runners to be arm we may need to edit those sections in the release CI. (To cross-compile the x86 build and not the aarch64 build)

[RoloEdits]

Also to note: https://github.blog/2024-06-03-arm64-on-github-actions-powering-faster-more-efficient-build-systems/

The very bottom:

These runners are available to our customers on our GitHub Team and Enterprise Cloud plans. We expect to begin offering Arm runners for open source projects by the end of the year.