microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli-restsource
Portable/stand-alone executables
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- Dominant language
- C#
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Description
Description of the new feature / enhancement
Related to:
Schema will be modified to support the installation of portable / stand-alone executables.
Proposed technical implementation details
Inclusion of an installer type (portable) validation that will limit the number of Command elements to a single entry.
Note:
Waiting for specification to be published at WinGet-CLI to finalize requirements.
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 related issue #182 and the WinGet-CLI specification mentioned in the note. Then inspect the REST source schema and validation entry points for installer types and Command elements. Done means the published requirements are reflected and portable installers are limited to a single Command element.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- api
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100