Shim Generation service determine if program is a GUI automatically
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Description
As noted in a todo comment https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/blob/d8ca7bad2ad64538a0c1026a9317700dbb7f03db/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/ShimGenerationService.cs#L96
I am aware that shimgen.exe can figure out if a program is a GUI as per https://github.com/chocolatey/shimgen/issues/21, but this is referencing a comment that choco itself should be able to determine this. If it is determined that shimgen having this capability is sufficient, then this issue can be closed, and the todo comment removed.
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Research direction
Start with src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/ShimGenerationService.cs at the TODO near line 96, then read shimgen issue #21 to compare the existing GUI-detection capability. Done means either Chocolatey determines whether the program is a GUI automatically, or the shimgen capability is accepted as sufficient and the TODO comment is removed.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100