ardirec v0.2.0-alpha.5 — Portable ZIP Development Build

Development distribution policy update for ardirec.

Windows alpha/beta builds now ship as a transparent portable ZIP folder instead of a self-extracting EXE. This keeps the development workflow fast, makes the Qt runtime layout explicit, and avoids confusing a self-extracting bundle with a true monolithic executable.

Usage:

1. Download ardirec-v0.2.0-alpha.5-windows-x64-portable.zip.
2. Extract the folder anywhere.
3. Run ardirec.exe inside the extracted folder.

The application remains fully portable: no installer is required and no installation is written to Windows. A proper installer will be introduced closer to stable/final releases.

This build retains the alpha.4 cursor improvements, including horizontal-resize hover feedback and snapping Cursor 1 / Cursor 2 to rising and falling COMTRADE digital transitions.

Alpha limitation: loading is still capped at 500,000 sample frames while the memory-mapped SignalStore and persistent LOD cache are being completed. RMS/phasor/vector/R-X/harmonics remain later gates.

The executable is unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen may show a warning.

What's Changed

• build: switch alpha distribution to portable ZIP by @masarray in #6

Full Changelog: v0.2.0-alpha.4...v0.2.0-alpha.5