updates to build process

Author: rjackey

buildfile.m

@@ -29,11 +29,9 @@
 plan("publishGettingStarted").Dependencies = "prepareRelease";
 plan("buildDocSearchDb").Dependencies = ...
     ["publishDocHtml","publishExampleHtml","publishGettingStarted"];
-plan("package").Dependencies = ["check","buildDocSearchDb"];
-plan("finalizeRelease").Dependencies = "package";
 
 % Top-level release aggregation task
-plan("archive").Dependencies = "finalizeRelease";
+plan("archive").Dependencies = ["check","buildDocSearchDb"];
 
 % Set default tasks
 plan.DefaultTasks = ["check","test"];
@@ -52,11 +50,10 @@ function testTask(context)
 
 
 function prepareReleaseTask(context)
-% Increment the deploy version for the next packaged release.
+% Perform release preparation ahead of documentation generation.
 
 rootFolder = string(context.Plan.RootFolder);
 ensureProjectLoaded(rootFolder);
-wt.deploy.incrementVersionNumber();
 
 end
 
@@ -101,31 +98,14 @@ function buildDocSearchDbTask(context)
 end
 
 
-function packageTask(context)
-% Build the .mltbx release artifact.
-
-rootFolder = string(context.Plan.RootFolder);
-ensureProjectLoaded(rootFolder);
-wt.deploy.packageRelease(rootFolder);
-
-end
-
-
-function finalizeReleaseTask(context)
-% Perform legacy release finalization side effects.
-
-rootFolder = string(context.Plan.RootFolder);
-ensureProjectLoaded(rootFolder);
-wt.deploy.finalizeRelease(rootFolder);
-
-end
-
-
 function archiveTask(context)
-% Aggregate the full release workflow under a single entry point.
+% Package the toolbox and perform legacy release finalization.
 
 rootFolder = string(context.Plan.RootFolder);
 ensureProjectLoaded(rootFolder);
+wt.deploy.incrementVersionNumber();
+outputFile = wt.deploy.packageRelease(rootFolder);
+wt.deploy.finalizeRelease(rootFolder, outputFile);
 
 end
 

deploy/+wt/+deploy/finalizeRelease.m

@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
-function finalizeRelease(projectRoot)
+function finalizeRelease(projectRoot, outputFile)
 % Add the packaged toolbox to the project and open the release folder.
 %
 % Copyright 2026 The MathWorks, Inc.
 
 arguments
     projectRoot (1,1) string {mustBeFolder}
+    outputFile (1,1) string {mustBeFile}
 end
 
 
-% Resolve the packaged output file using the current deploy version.
+% Resolve the release context for project and folder side effects.
 releaseContext = wt.deploy.getReleaseContext(projectRoot);
-toolboxVersion = wt.deploy.readVersionNumber();
-opts = wt.deploy.getPackageOptions(projectRoot, toolboxVersion);
 
 
 % Keep the legacy project update behavior for generated installers.
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ function finalizeRelease(projectRoot)
     error("wt:deploy:ProjectRequired", ...
         "Open WidgetsToolbox.prj before finalizing the release.");
 end
-project.addFile(opts.OutputFile);
+project.addFile(outputFile);
 
 
 % Preserve the legacy UI behavior after packaging completes.

deploy/+wt/+deploy/packageRelease.m

@@ -14,4 +14,11 @@
 outputFile = opts.OutputFile;
 matlab.addons.toolbox.packageToolbox(opts);
 
+
+% Fail immediately if packaging did not create the expected artifact.
+if ~isfile(outputFile)
+    error("wt:deploy:PackageNotCreated", ...
+        "Toolbox packaging completed without creating %s.", outputFile);
+end
+
 end