microsoft / microsoft/component-detection
Detect app-centric/"general purpose" package managers
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- C#
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Description
Hey all, are there any plans to add detectors for more application centric package managers such as Winget or Chocolatey? Would it make sense to add support for those?
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Research direction
The issue proposes adding detectors for Winget and Chocolatey but names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by surveying how existing package-manager detectors are organized and decide whether both managers are in scope; done should mean agreed support with detection coverage for the selected managers.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100