Install PowerShell7 resource
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- Dominant language
- Rust
- Stars
- 523
- Forks
- 75
- Avg merge
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Description
Summary of the new feature / enhancement
A resource that simply installs PowerShell7 (if not already installed, so test should be implemented probably). This solves some bootstrapping scenarios and only require dsc to then get PS7. This would be cross-platform abstracting install of msi/appx/rpm/deb/brew. On non-Windows, it would need to be a Bash script while on Windows, we could still rely on Windows PowerShell.
What we don't support is a way (without an exe) to call different scripts based on the OS. So we either need a small exe that just calls a script appropriate for the OS or add a capability in the resource manifest to do different commands based on the OS (seems like the latter would create more problems to handle many edge cases).
Proposed technical implementation details (optional)
No response
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by clarifying the cross-platform command and resource design, then define how the resource detects an existing PowerShell 7 installation and installs it through the required Windows and non-Windows mechanisms; done means the resource works across the stated platforms and includes the proposed idempotence test.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- bash, powershell
- Domain
- devops, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100