dotnet / dotnet/aspnetcore

Please consider creating self-contained installed bundles

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Description

We have received sporadic reports about users unable to correct configure ASP.NET Core on their machines. This centers on ASP.NET Core installers not including the runtime.

Here is a latest (and quite informative) description of that: https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/33793

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Proposal is this:

- Update x64 and x86 installers to install .NET runtime (matching version).
- Do same on macOS and Windows (where we have fancy installers).
- Deprioritize the hosting bundle. Perhaps only list it in release notes (or in a different section).

It appears that the zips bundle the runtime, but the EXEs don't. That seems like an odd design choice.

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