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PSVersionTable should have Release type field denoting Prerelease, Stable, or LTS
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Description
Summary of the new feature / enhancement
$PSVersionTable should have a property (Release) field denoting if the version is Prerelease, Stable, or LTS.
Proposed technical implementation details (optional)
Updated proposal from @mklement0 in comment https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues/23984#issuecomment-2187070221
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named in the issue. Start by reading the updated proposal in the linked comment and identify where $PSVersionTable is defined and populated; done means it exposes a Release property whose value distinguishes Prerelease, Stable, and LTS versions.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp, powershell
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100