chore: cleaning up readme and removing super old boilerplate links (#9334)

Author: mmaietta

.changeset/long-planes-lay.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"electron-updater": patch
+"app-builder-lib": patch
+---
+
+chore: remove "beta" labels from a few features

README.md

@@ -96,17 +96,18 @@ See the full documentation on [electron.build](https://www.electron.build).
 | “I want to support development”        | [Donate](https://www.electron.build/donate)                                       |
 
 ## Installation
-[Yarn](http://yarnpkg.com/) is [strongly](https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/1147#issuecomment-276284477) recommended instead of npm.
-
-`yarn add electron-builder --dev`
+```
+yarn add electron-builder --dev
+// or npm, pnpm, bun
+```
 
 ### Note for Yarn 3
 
-Yarn 3 use PnP by default, but electron-builder still need node-modules(ref: [yarnpkg/berry#4804](https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry/issues/4804#issuecomment-1234407305)). Add configuration in the `.yarnrc.yaml` as follows:
+Yarn 3 use PnP by default, but electron-builder still needs node-modules (ref: [yarnpkg/berry#4804](https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry/issues/4804#issuecomment-1234407305)). Add configuration in the `.yarnrc.yaml` as follows:
 ```
 nodeLinker: "node-modules"
 ```
-will declare to use node-modules instead of PnP.
+This will declare to use node-modules instead of PnP.
 
 ## Quick Setup Guide
 
@@ -170,13 +171,9 @@ builder.build({
   })
 ```
 
-## Boilerplates
+## Community Boilerplates
 
-* [electron-webpack-quick-start](https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-webpack-quick-start) — A bare minimum project structure to get started developing with [electron-webpack](https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-webpack). Recommended.
 * [electron-react-boilerplate](https://github.com/chentsulin/electron-react-boilerplate) A boilerplate for scalable cross-platform desktop apps.
-* [electron-react-redux-boilerplate](https://github.com/jschr/electron-react-redux-boilerplate) A minimal boilerplate to get started with Electron, React and Redux.
-* [electron-boilerplate](https://github.com/szwacz/electron-boilerplate) A minimalistic yet comprehensive boilerplate application.
-* [Vue CLI 3 plugin for Electron](https://nklayman.github.io/vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder) A Vue CLI 3 plugin for Electron with no required configuration.
 * [electron-vue-vite](https://github.com/caoxiemeihao/electron-vue-vite) A real simple Electron + Vue3 + Vite5 boilerplate.
 * [vite-electron-builder](https://github.com/cawa-93/vite-electron-builder) Secure boilerplate for Electron app based on Vite. Supports multiple frameworks.
 * [electronjs-with-nextjs](https://github.com/saulotarsobc/electronjs-with-nextjs) ElectronJS application with NextJS and TypeScript.
@@ -201,7 +198,7 @@ DEBUG=electron-builder
 !!! tip "PowerShell"
     PowerShell uses different syntax to set environment variables.
     ```bash
-    $env:DEBUG=electron-builder
+    $env:DEBUG = "electron-builder"
     ```
 
 ## Donate

packages/app-builder-lib/scheme.json

@@ -6536,7 +6536,7 @@
               "type": "null"
             }
           ],
-          "description": "Options for usage of Azure Trusted Signing (beta)\nCannot be used in conjunction with `signtoolOptions`, signing will default to Azure Trusted Signing"
+          "description": "Options for usage of Azure Trusted Signing service\nCannot be used in conjunction with `signtoolOptions`, signing will default to Azure Trusted Signing"
         },
         "compression": {
           "anyOf": [

packages/app-builder-lib/src/codeSign/windowsCodeSign.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export async function signWindows(options: WindowsSignOptions, packager: WinPack
     if (options.options.signtoolOptions) {
       log.warn(null, "ignoring signtool options, using Azure Trusted Signing; please only configure one")
     }
-    log.info({ path: log.filePath(options.path) }, "signing with Azure Trusted Signing (beta)")
+    log.info({ path: log.filePath(options.path) }, "signing with Azure Trusted Signing")
   } else {
     log.info({ path: log.filePath(options.path) }, "signing with signtool.exe")
   }

packages/app-builder-lib/src/options/winOptions.ts

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export interface WindowsConfiguration extends PlatformSpecificBuildOptions {
   readonly signtoolOptions?: WindowsSigntoolConfiguration | null
 
   /**
-   * Options for usage of Azure Trusted Signing (beta)
+   * Options for usage of Azure Trusted Signing service
    * Cannot be used in conjunction with `signtoolOptions`, signing will default to Azure Trusted Signing
    */
   readonly azureSignOptions?: WindowsAzureSigningConfiguration | null

packages/electron-updater/src/main.ts

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function doLoadAutoUpdater(): AppUpdater {
       }
     } catch (error: any) {
       console.warn(
-        "Unable to detect 'package-type' for autoUpdater (beta rpm/deb/pacman support). If you'd like to expand support, please consider contributing to electron-builder",
+        "Unable to detect 'package-type' for autoUpdater (rpm/deb/pacman support). If you'd like to expand support, please consider contributing to electron-builder",
         error.message
       )
     }