microsoft / microsoft/go-sqlcmd

Add user (as well as machine) .msis for all flavors

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Description

winget supports user and machine installers, we might as well implement the full complement. But for usability we should only do this if we can ensure "machine" is the default, or at least the default when we can detect ODBC sqlcmd is already in the path.

We probably shouldn't do this if we machine isn't the winget default AND we can't tell winget to do machine if we can detect ODBC sqlcmd is already in the path.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the winget packaging for the existing machine .msis across all flavors and how the CLI detects ODBC sqlcmd in PATH. Define the supported user and machine installer variants and verify that installation selects machine scope by default, or when the existing executable is detected. Done means all flavors have the intended .msi options without an unsafe default.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
cli, release
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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