Auto merge of #29955 - servo:windows-subsystem, r=jdm

Set the Windows subsystem using a rust directive

This is one less thing that mach has to do now.

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ports/winit/main.rs

@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
 //!
 //! [winit]: https://github.com/rust-windowing/winit
 
+// Normally, rust uses the "Console" Windows subsystem, which pops up a console
+// when running an application. Switching to the "Windows" subsystem prevents
+// this, but also hides debugging output. Use the "Windows" console unless debug
+// mode is turned on.
+#![cfg_attr(not(debug_assertions), windows_subsystem = "windows")]
+
 #[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
 include!("main2.rs");
 

python/servo/build_commands.py

@@ -425,11 +425,6 @@ class MachCommands(CommandBase):
                 )
                 assert os.path.exists(servo_exe_dir)
 
-                # on msvc builds, use editbin to change the subsystem to windows, but only
-                # on release builds -- on debug builds, it hides log output
-                if not dev and not libsimpleservo:
-                    call(["editbin", "/nologo", "/subsystem:windows", path.join(servo_exe_dir, "servo.exe")],
-                         verbose=verbose)
                 # on msvc, we need to copy in some DLLs in to the servo.exe dir and the directory for unit tests.
                 for ssl_lib in ["libssl.dll", "libcrypto.dll"]:
                     ssl_path = path.join(env['OPENSSL_LIB_DIR'], "../bin", ssl_lib)