Packaging: don't include `pdb`
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C-task
E-help-wanted
- Dominant language
- Rust
- Stars
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Description
winget package includes the program database (pdb) which is 3M larger than the 200K executable (edit.exe) and not needed:
```
C:\PROGRAM FILES\WINGET\PACKAGES\MICROSOFT.EDIT_MICROSOFT.WINGET.SOURCE_8WEKYB3D8BBWE\EDIT-1.1.0-X86_64-WINDOWS
edit.exe
edit.pdb
```
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
Inspect the winget packaging configuration and identify where the Windows package contents are selected. Confirm the package includes edit.exe but omits edit.pdb, then build or inspect the resulting package to verify the database file is absent.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- release
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100