[version] add __variant__

Specifies origin and OS of executable files.
For example 'stable/windows'.

.github/workflows/executables.yml

@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ jobs:
         architecture: ${{ matrix.architecture }}
 
     - name: Date
-      run: echo "DATE=$(date '+${{ env.DATE_FORMAT }}')" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+      run: |
+        echo "DATE=$(date '+${{ env.DATE_FORMAT }}')" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        echo "LABEL=$(python ./scripts/pyinstaller.py --print --os '${{ matrix.os }}' --arch '${{ matrix.architecture }}')" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
     - name: Update Version
       # use Python since its behavior is consistent across operating systems
@@ -56,13 +58,17 @@ jobs:
             r'\b(__version__ = "[^"]+)',
             r"\1:${{ env.DATE }}",
             content)
+        content = re.sub(
+            r'\b(__variant__ =).+',
+            r'\1 "dev/${{ env.LABEL }}"',
+            content)
         with open(path, "w") as fp:
             fp.write(content)
 
     - name: Build executable
       run: |
         pip install requests requests[socks] yt-dlp pyyaml ${{ matrix.python-packages }} pyinstaller
-        python ./scripts/pyinstaller.py --os '${{ matrix.os }}' --arch '${{ matrix.architecture }}'
+        python ./scripts/pyinstaller.py --label '${{ env.LABEL }}'
 
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:

gallery_dl/__init__.py

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def main():
 
             extra = ""
             if util.EXECUTABLE:
-                extra = " - Executable"
+                extra = " - Executable ({})".format(version.__variant__)
             else:
                 git_head = util.git_head()
                 if git_head:

gallery_dl/version.py

@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
 __version__ = "1.27.0-dev"
+__variant__ = None

scripts/pyinstaller.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 """Build a standalone executable using PyInstaller"""
 
-import PyInstaller.__main__
 import argparse
 import util
 import sys
@@ -13,18 +12,34 @@ def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument("-o", "--os")
     parser.add_argument("-a", "--arch")
+    parser.add_argument("-l", "--label")
     parser.add_argument("-e", "--extension")
+    parser.add_argument("-p", "--print", action="store_true")
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
+    if args.label:
+        label = args.label
+    else:
+        label = ""
+        if args.os:
+            os = args.os.partition("-")[0].lower()
+            if os == "ubuntu":
+                os = "linux"
+            label += os
+        if args.arch == "x86":
+            label += "_x86"
+
+    if args.print:
+        return print(label)
+
     name = "gallery-dl"
-    if args.os:
+    if label:
-        name = "{}_{}".format(name, args.os.partition("-")[0].lower())
+        name = "{}_{}".format(name, label)
-    if args.arch == "x86":
-        name += "_x86"
     if args.extension:
         name = "{}.{}".format(name, args.extension.lower())
 
-    PyInstaller.__main__.run([
+    import PyInstaller.__main__
+    return PyInstaller.__main__.run([
         "--onefile",
         "--console",
         "--name", name,

scripts/release.sh

@@ -53,19 +53,20 @@ build-linux() {
     cd "${ROOTDIR}"
     echo Building Linux executable
 
-    build-vm 'ubuntu22.04' 'gallery-dl.bin'
+    build-vm 'ubuntu22.04' 'gallery-dl.bin' 'linux'
 }
 
 build-windows() {
     cd "${ROOTDIR}"
     echo Building Windows executable
 
-    build-vm 'windows7_x86_sp1' 'gallery-dl.exe'
+    build-vm 'windows7_x86_sp1' 'gallery-dl.exe' 'windows'
 }
 
 build-vm() {
     VMNAME="$1"
     BINNAME="$2"
+    LABEL="$3"
     TMPPATH="/tmp/gallery-dl/dist/$BINNAME"
 
     # launch VM
@@ -77,6 +78,11 @@ build-vm() {
     cp -a -t /tmp/gallery-dl -- \
         ./gallery_dl ./scripts ./data ./setup.py ./README.rst
 
+    # update __variant__
+    sed -i \
+        -e "s#\(__variant__ *=\).*#\1 \"stable/${LABEL}\"#" \
+        /tmp/gallery-dl/gallery_dl/version.py
+
     # remove old executable
     rm -f "./dist/$BINNAME"