[packaging/craft] /: make appx-Package-Type configurable, for msix support, MakeAppxExe uses the fileEnding to switch its internal logic

Git commit 3f23fe9b44f9184baa41a24df05208bb4791f5cc by Michael 'Flimmy' Flemming.
Committed on 27/07/2026 at 14:43.
Pushed by vonreth into branch 'master'.

make appx-Package-Type configurable, for msix support, MakeAppxExe uses the fileEnding to switch its internal logic

M  +4    -0    CraftSettings.ini.template
M  +7    -3    bin/Packager/AppxPackager.py

https://invent.kde.org/packaging/craft/-/commit/3f23fe9b44f9184baa41a24df05208bb4791f5cc

diff --git a/CraftSettings.ini.template b/CraftSettings.ini.template
index 9f4aaedf0..42f702bb6 100644
--- a/CraftSettings.ini.template
+++ b/CraftSettings.ini.template
@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ EnableDailyUpdates = True
 ## Todo: rename
 #7ZipArchiveType = 7z
 
+## The package type for the appx-Packager
+## Possible values are: appx, msix
+#AppxPackageType = appx
+
 # id assigned to you by the Windows Store
 #AppxPublisherId = CN=98B52D9A-DF7C-493E-BADC-37004A92EFC8
 
diff --git a/bin/Packager/AppxPackager.py b/bin/Packager/AppxPackager.py
index ceef8c204..2fb24bcff 100644
--- a/bin/Packager/AppxPackager.py
+++ b/bin/Packager/AppxPackager.py
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ class AppxPackager(CollectionPackagerBase):
             defines.setdefault("file_types", "")
             defines.setdefault("extensions", "")
 
+    @property
+    def _packageType(self) -> str:
+        return CraftCore.settings.get("Packager", "AppxPackageType", "appx")
+
     def setDefaults(self, defines: dict) -> dict:
         defines = super().setDefaults(defines)
         defines.setdefault("additional_xmlns", "")
@@ -149,7 +153,7 @@ class AppxPackager(CollectionPackagerBase):
         defines.setdefault("appx_identity_name", defines["name"])
 
         utils.createDir(self.artifactsDir())
-        defines["setupname"] = self.artifactsDir() / os.path.basename(f"{defines['setupname']}.appx")
+        defines["setupname"] = self.artifactsDir() / os.path.basename(f"{defines['setupname']}.{self._packageType}")
         defines.setdefault("craft_id", self.package.path.replace("/", "."))
 
         self._setupFileTypes(defines)
@@ -297,14 +301,14 @@ class AppxPackager(CollectionPackagerBase):
                 and self.symbolsImageDir().exists()
                 and any(self.symbolsImageDir().iterdir())
             ):
-                appxSym = Path(defines["setupname"]).with_suffix(".appxsym")
+                appxSym = Path(defines["setupname"]).with_suffix(f".{self._packageType}sym")
                 artifacts += [appxSym]
                 if appxSym.exists():
                     appxSym.unlink()
                 if not utils.compress(appxSym, self.archiveDebugDir()):
                     return False
 
-            appxUpload = (Path(self.packageDestinationDir()) / os.path.basename(defines["setupname"])).with_suffix(".appxupload")
+            appxUpload = (Path(self.packageDestinationDir()) / os.path.basename(defines["setupname"])).with_suffix(f".{self._packageType}upload")
             if appxUpload.exists():
                 appxUpload.unlink()
             if not utils.compress(appxUpload, artifacts):