Call for testers: v3.0.0-beta.1 (thin wrapper around game-ci/cli)

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We just cut v3.0.0-beta.1 — a preview of the next major version of unity-activate, rewritten as a thin wrapper around game-ci/cli (see #111 for the full technical writeup). It's tagged separately from @v2/@v1 — nobody's existing workflow is affected by this.

Before we cut the real v3, we'd like people to actually try it. It's had unit tests and local checks, but not a live runner with real Unity credentials.

How to try it

Point one workflow (or a copy of one) at the pre-release tag, and pin cliVersion explicitly so your run is deterministic:

- uses: game-ci/unity-activate@v3.0.0-beta.1
  env:
    UNITY_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.UNITY_EMAIL }}
    UNITY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.UNITY_PASSWORD }}
  with:
    cliVersion: v0.1.8

Everything else — secrets, license type — stays the same as @v2. Both personal and professional license activation are useful to hear about.

Known gaps already called out (not surprises)

• unityVersion is accepted for backward compatibility but no longer does anything — the CLI auto-detects from ProjectSettings/ProjectVersion.txt.

Full list in the release notes.

What to report here

• Did activation succeed/fail, and how did that compare to @v2?
• Personal or professional license, and runner OS you tested with.
• Anything that felt different, even something minor.

Thanks for helping get this solid before it ships as the default. 🙏

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Ready-to-post Discord announcement

If you're active in the GameCI Discord and want to help spread the word, here's a copy-pasteable version for the announcement/help channel:

Hey folks! We just cut a pre-release of the next major `unity-activate` version — v3.0.0-beta.1. It's a rewrite as a thin wrapper around game-ci/cli instead of the action doing activation itself. Tagged separately from @v2, so it won't touch anyone's existing workflows.

If you've got a spare few minutes, we'd love for you to try it before the real v3 ships:

  - uses: game-ci/unity-activate@v3.0.0-beta.1
    env:
      UNITY_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.UNITY_EMAIL }}
      UNITY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.UNITY_PASSWORD }}
    with:
      cliVersion: v0.1.8

Everything else stays the same as @v2 - just swap the tag and add cliVersion so your run is deterministic. Known gap: unityVersion is now ignored (auto-detected from ProjectSettings/ProjectVersion.txt instead).

Report back in the tracking issue: https://github.com/game-ci/unity-activate/issues/112

Thanks for helping kick the tires! 🙏