mandiant / mandiant/VM-Packages
Metapackage proposal: wsl.vm
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- PowerShell
- Stars
- 246
- Forks
- 98
- Avg merge
- 9h 30m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 7
Description
Package Name
wsl
Tool Name
WSL
Package type
METAPACKAGE
Tool's version number
2.0.0.20210721
Category
Utilities
Tool's authors
Microsoft
Tool's description
Windows Subsystem for Linux.
Dependency
wsl2
Shim path
%PROGRAMDATA%\chocolatey\bin\wsl.exe
Why is this tool a good addition?
WSL opens the door for using Docker for tools and services. It also makes it easier to get Linux tools onto a Windows system.
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
Start by reviewing how this repository represents Chocolatey metapackages and compare the requested fields with an existing package. The completed package should be named wsl, describe Windows Subsystem for Linux, depend on wsl2, and expose the requested %PROGRAMDATA%\chocolatey\bin\wsl.exe shim.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100