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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# vim: ft=python fileencoding=utf-8 sts=4 sw=4 et:
+
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Florian Bruhin (The Compiler) <mail@qutebrowser.org>
+#
+# This file is part of qutebrowser.
+#
+# qutebrowser is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# qutebrowser is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with qutebrowser.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""Build a new release."""
+
+
+import os
+import sys
+import os.path
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import argparse
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir))
+
+import qutebrowser
+from scripts import utils
+
+
+def call_script(name, *args, python=sys.executable):
+    """Call a given shell script.
+
+    Args:
+        name: The script to call.
+        *args: The arguments to pass.
+        python: The python interpreter to use.
+    """
+    path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), name)
+    subprocess.check_call([python, path] + list(args))
+
+
+def build_common(args):
+    """Common buildsteps used for all OS'."""
+    utils.print_title("Running asciidoc2html.py")
+    if args.asciidoc is not None:
+        a2h_args = ['--asciidoc'] + args.asciidoc
+    else:
+        a2h_args = []
+    call_script('asciidoc2html.py', *a2h_args)
+
+
+def _maybe_remove(path):
+    """Remove a path if it exists."""
+    try:
+        shutil.rmtree(path)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        pass
+
+
+def build_windows():
+    """Build windows executables/setups."""
+    parts = str(sys.version_info.major), str(sys.version_info.minor)
+    ver = ''.join(parts)
+    dotver = '.'.join(parts)
+    python_x86 = r'C:\Python{}_x32\python.exe'.format(ver)
+    python_x64 = r'C:\Python{}\python.exe'.format(ver)
+
+    utils.print_title("Running 32bit freeze.py build_exe")
+    call_script('freeze.py', 'build_exe', python=python_x86)
+    utils.print_title("Running 64bit freeze.py build_exe")
+    call_script('freeze.py', 'build_exe', python=python_x64)
+    utils.print_title("Running 32bit freeze.py bdist_msi")
+    call_script('freeze.py', 'bdist_msi', python=python_x86)
+    utils.print_title("Running 64bit freeze.py bdist_msi")
+    call_script('freeze.py', 'bdist_msi', python=python_x64)
+
+    destdir = os.path.join('dist', 'zip')
+    _maybe_remove(destdir)
+    os.makedirs(destdir)
+
+    basedirname = 'qutebrowser-{}'.format(qutebrowser.__version__)
+    builddir = os.path.join('build', basedirname)
+    _maybe_remove(builddir)
+
+    utils.print_title("Zipping 32bit standalone...")
+    name = 'qutebrowser-{}-windows-standalone-win32'.format(
+        qutebrowser.__version__)
+    origin = os.path.join('build', 'exe.win32-{}'.format(dotver))
+    os.rename(origin, builddir)
+    shutil.make_archive(os.path.join(destdir, name), 'zip', 'build',
+                        basedirname)
+    shutil.rmtree(builddir)
+
+    utils.print_title("Zipping 64bit standalone...")
+    name = 'qutebrowser-{}-windows-standalone-amd64'.format(
+        qutebrowser.__version__)
+    origin = os.path.join('build', 'exe.win-amd64-{}'.format(dotver))
+    os.rename(origin, builddir)
+    shutil.make_archive(os.path.join(destdir, name), 'zip', 'build',
+                        basedirname)
+    shutil.rmtree(builddir)
+
+    utils.print_title("Creating final zip...")
+    shutil.move(os.path.join('dist', 'qutebrowser-{}-amd64.msi'.format(
+        qutebrowser.__version__)), os.path.join('dist', 'zip'))
+    shutil.move(os.path.join('dist', 'qutebrowser-{}-win32.msi'.format(
+        qutebrowser.__version__)), os.path.join('dist', 'zip'))
+    shutil.make_archive('qutebrowser-{}-windows'.format(
+        qutebrowser.__version__), 'zip', destdir)
+
+
+def main():
+    """Main entry point."""
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('--asciidoc', help="Full path to python and "
+                        "asciidoc.py. If not given, it's searched in PATH.",
+                        nargs=2, required=False,
+                        metavar=('PYTHON', 'ASCIIDOC'))
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    utils.change_cwd()
+    if os.name == 'nt':
+        build_common(args)
+        build_windows()
+    else:
+        print("This script does nothing except on Windows currently.")
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()