Issue civictechdc#70: disable pyinstaller strip for windows

.github/workflows/build_exe.yml

@@ -18,18 +18,21 @@ jobs:
             move_command: move dist\mangotango.exe dist\mangotango_windows.exe
             sha_command: pwsh -c "Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA1 dist\mangotango_windows.exe | Format-Table Hash -HideTableHeaders > dist\mangotango_windows.exe.sha1"
             list_command: dir dist
+            installer_command: pyinstaller win_pyinstaller.spec
           - platform_name: MacOS 14
             artifact_name: macos-14
             os: macos-14
             move_command: mv dist/mangotango dist/mangotango_macos_14
             sha_command: shasum -a 1 dist/mangotango_macos_14 > dist/mangotango_macos_14.sha1
             list_command: ls -ll dist
+            installer_command: pyinstaller mac_pyinstaller.spec
           - platform_name: MacOS 15
             artifact_name: macos-15
             os: macos-15
             move_command: mv dist/mangotango dist/mangotango_macos_15
             sha_command: shasum -a 1 dist/mangotango_macos_15 > dist/mangotango_macos_15.sha1
             list_command: ls -ll dist
+            installer_command: pyinstaller mac_pyinstaller.spec
 
     name: Build ${{ matrix.platform_name }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build the executable
         run: |
-          pyinstaller pyinstaller.spec
+          ${{ matrix.installer_command }}
 
       - name: Rename the executable to include platform suffix
         run: ${{ matrix.move_command }}

win_pyinstaller.spec

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# main.spec
+# This file tells PyInstaller how to bundle your application
+
+from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import copy_metadata
+
+block_cipher = None
+
+a = Analysis(
+    ['mangotango.py'],  # Entry point
+    pathex=['.'],    # Ensure all paths are correctly included
+    binaries=[],
+    datas=[
+        # version file, if defined
+        *(
+            [('./VERSION', '.')]
+            if os.path.exists('VERSION') else []
+        ),
+
+        # inquirer depends on readchar as a hidden dependency that requires package metadata
+        *copy_metadata('readchar'),
+
+        # static assets for web servers
+        ('./app/web_static', 'app/web_static'),
+        ('./app/web_templates', 'app/web_templates')
+    ],
+    hiddenimports=[
+        'readchar',
+        'numpy',
+        'numpy.core.multiarray'
+    ],  # Include any imports that PyInstaller might miss
+    hookspath=[],
+    runtime_hooks=[],
+    excludes=[]
+)
+
+pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data, cipher=block_cipher)
+
+exe = EXE(
+    pyz,
+    a.scripts,
+    a.binaries,
+    a.zipfiles,
+    a.datas,
+    name='mangotango',  # The name of the executable
+    debug=False,
+    strip=False,
+    upx=True,  # You can set this to False if you don’t want UPX compression
+    console=True  # Set to False if you don't want a console window
+)