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docs: refresh README + DEVELOPER for v0.1.8 reality; wiki built out in parallel#18

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Summary

User request: "update the readme and developer Md files in github... AFTER that, i need you to build out a complete wiki." Done both.

README.md (light touch)

  • Fixed the stale download example (was `AOS_Mail_0.1.0_aarch64.dmg`; now points at "latest").
  • Added a "Need help?" section linking to the new wiki + the one-line notification fix (`tccutil reset Notifications com.mrdulasolutions.aosmail`).

DEVELOPER.md (major surgery on the release section)

  • Bundle size: updated from the pre-Node-bundling "9 MB DMG / 43 MB unpacked" to the current reality (45 MB DMG, 125 MB unpacked, dominated by the bundled Node binary).
  • Release pipeline: replaced the entire manual-steps section (`codesign` / `notarytool` / `stapler` / `gh release create` run locally) with the automated GitHub Actions flow. Old docs were inaccurate — tauri-action handles all of it now.
  • Required secrets matrix: all 8 (`APPLE_CERTIFICATE`, `APPLE_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD`, `APPLE_SIGNING_IDENTITY`, `APPLE_ID`, `APPLE_PASSWORD`, `APPLE_TEAM_ID`, `TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY`, `TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD`) with how-to-obtain commands.
  • Updater key: v1 → v2. Documented the v1 rotation (password loss, see POST-MORTEM-2026-05) and explained the user-facing cost of rotation (every install on the old pubkey loses auto-update once).
  • New Troubleshooting section: covers the bugs we hit during the v0.1.8 release campaign — SIGKILL on unsigned bundled node, keychain import failures, notarization Team-ID errors, stale tauri-bundler cache, AppleDouble metadata in updater tarball, secret-key not forwarded mid-session, OpenRouter free-tier rate limits.

Wiki — built out in parallel

Pushed in a separate commit to the wiki repo. 11 pages, ~80 KB of content:

User-facing:

  • Home — overview + navigation
  • Getting Started — install, first-launch, per-provider setup (Gmail / iCloud / Fastmail / Outlook / Yahoo / custom IMAP)
  • FAQ — frequency-ranked questions
  • Troubleshooting — diagnostics for notifications, sync, OAuth, app launch, OpenRouter rate-limits, updates
  • Privacy & Data — what we store, where, what gets sent to LLMs

Developer-facing:

Plus a sidebar (rendered on every wiki page) for navigation.

The wiki holds operational guides — install, troubleshooting, release procedures. The in-repo `DEVELOPER.md` + `docs/` remain the canonical technical reference. All wiki pages cross-link back to the in-repo docs for depth, so the wiki stays the satellite, not a duplicate.

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README.md:
- Fix the stale download link example (was AOS_Mail_0.1.0_..., now points at "latest")
- Add a "Need help?" section linking to the new wiki, with a one-line fix for the most common issue (notifications via tccutil reset)

DEVELOPER.md:
- Bundle size line: was "9 MB DMG / 43 MB unpacked" pre-Node-bundling; now 45 MB DMG / 125 MB unpacked, dominated by the bundled Node binary (knowingly).
- Replace the entire manual release section with the automated GitHub Actions flow (release.yml). The old steps documented running codesign/notarytool/stapler/gh release create locally; none of that is true anymore — tauri-action handles all of it.
- Add the full 8-secret matrix (APPLE_CERTIFICATE through TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD) with how-to-obtain commands.
- Updater key: v1 → v2. Document that v1's password was lost (incident in POST-MORTEM-2026-05.md), explain rotation cost (every install on old pubkey loses auto-update once).
- Add a Troubleshooting section covering the bugs we hit during the v0.1.8 release campaign: SIGKILL on unsigned bundled node, keychain import failures, notarization team-ID errors, stale tauri-bundler cache, AppleDouble metadata in updater tarball, secret-key not forwarded mid-session, OpenRouter free-tier rate limits.

Wiki was built out in parallel — see github.com/mrdulasolutions/AOS-Mail/wiki.
The wiki holds operational guides (install, troubleshooting, release);
DEVELOPER.md remains the canonical technical reference.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@mrdulasolutions mrdulasolutions merged commit 6937258 into main May 13, 2026
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