feat: Update application version to 0.5.0 and refactor version syncing script

build/scripts/build_windows.py

@@ -28,14 +28,13 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from datetime import datetime
 
 # Import shared version utilities
-from version_utils import get_current_version
+from sync_version import get_current_version, sync_version
 
-# Fix Unicode output on Windows
+# Fix Unicode output on Windows (removed TextIOWrapper due to subprocess conflicts)
+# TextIOWrapper causes issues when subprocess tries to write to file descriptors
 if sys.platform == "win32":
-    import io
-
-    sys.stdout = io.TextIOWrapper(sys.stdout.buffer, encoding="utf-8")
-    sys.stderr = io.TextIOWrapper(sys.stderr.buffer, encoding="utf-8")
+    import os
+    os.environ["PYTHONIOENCODING"] = "utf-8"
 
 
 class WindowsBuilder:
@@ -116,8 +115,7 @@ class WindowsBuilder:
         result = subprocess.run(
             cmd, 
             cwd=str(self.project_root),
-            encoding="utf-8",
-            errors="replace",
+            text=True,
             env=env
         )
 
@@ -205,8 +203,7 @@ class WindowsBuilder:
         print(f"  Compiling WiX source...")
         result = subprocess.run(
             candle_cmd,
-            encoding="utf-8",
-            errors="replace"
+            text=True
         )
         if result.returncode != 0:
             print("❌ WiX compilation failed")
@@ -223,8 +220,7 @@ class WindowsBuilder:
         print(f"  Linking MSI installer...")
         result = subprocess.run(
             light_cmd,
-            encoding="utf-8",
-            errors="replace"
+            text=True
         )
         if result.returncode != 0:
             print("❌ MSI linking failed")
@@ -330,8 +326,7 @@ class WindowsBuilder:
 
         result = subprocess.run(
             cmd,
-            encoding="utf-8",
-            errors="replace"
+            text=True
         )
         if result.returncode != 0:
             print("❌ Code signing failed")