chocolatey / chocolatey/choco

Define designated respected download folder

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Description

One of the best improvements you can get while building your application in a CI/CD environment is reducing the time spending on downloading your dependencies from dependency managers like npm, apt and choco.

For Chocolatey exists `%LocalAppData%\Temp\chocolatey` where temporary files are stored,
but it is not advised to cache that folder. Even when caching that folder `choco` does not respect the files contained in the temp folder and re-downloads them.

There is also `C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib` where all installed packages are located, but do **not** serve as a good cache for native installations (e.g. msi). This method is only advised to use for portable installations from zip files.

Looking at popular windows solutions like [AppVeyor](https://www.appveyor.com/docs/build-cache/#caching-chocolatey-packages) or Github Actions there is need to cache large downloads.

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Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by examining Chocolatey's existing handling of %LocalAppData%\Temp\chocolatey and C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib, then compare the caching requirements described for GitHub Actions and AppVeyor. Done means a designated download location is defined and respected for large downloads, including native and portable packages.

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Assessment

Tech stack
github-actions
Domain
ci-cd, devops
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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