bpo-41492: Fixes the description appearing in UAC prompts on Windows (pythonGH-21754)

Author: zooba

.azure-pipelines/windows-release/msi-steps.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 steps:
  - template: ./checkout.yml
 
+ - powershell: |
+ $d = (.\PCbuild\build.bat -V) | %{ if($_ -match '\s+(\w+):\s*(.+)\s*$') { @{$Matches[1] = $Matches[2];} }};
+ Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=SigningDescription]Python $($d.PythonVersion)"
+ displayName: 'Update signing description'
+ condition: and(succeeded(), not(variables['SigningDescription']))
+
  - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@1
  displayName: 'Download artifact: doc'
  inputs:

.azure-pipelines/windows-release/stage-pack-msix.yml

@@ -105,9 +105,15 @@ jobs:
  clean: all
 
  steps:
- - checkout: none
+ - template: ./checkout.yml
  - template: ./find-sdk.yml
 
+ - powershell: |
+ $d = (.\PCbuild\build.bat -V) | %{ if($_ -match '\s+(\w+):\s*(.+)\s*$') { @{$Matches[1] = $Matches[2];} }};
+ Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=SigningDescription]Python $($d.PythonVersion)"
+ displayName: 'Update signing description'
+ condition: and(succeeded(), not(variables['SigningDescription']))
+
  - task: DownloadBuildArtifacts@0
  displayName: 'Download Artifact: unsigned_msix'
  inputs:

.azure-pipelines/windows-release/stage-sign.yml

@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ jobs:
  - template: ./checkout.yml
  - template: ./find-sdk.yml
 
+ - powershell: |
+ $d = (.\PCbuild\build.bat -V) | %{ if($_ -match '\s+(\w+):\s*(.+)\s*$') { @{$Matches[1] = $Matches[2];} }};
+ Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=SigningDescription]Python $($d.PythonVersion)"
+ displayName: 'Update signing description'
+ condition: and(succeeded(), not(variables['SigningDescription']))
+
  - powershell: |
  Write-Host "##vso[build.addbuildtag]signed"
  displayName: 'Add build tags'

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-08-06-16-59-10.bpo-41492.2FQ9cM.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixes the description that appears in UAC prompts.