microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli-restsource
Full Offline / closed network capabilities including feed generation
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- C#
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Description
Description of the new feature / enhancement
I have read through various feature requests and documents, but have not yet found a suitable solution.
The problem
We have customers with encapsulated networks, which means data transfer only via secure storage exchange (Mowing Data with Usb thump drives between the networks). We can adapt the manifests so that the data sources are offline, no problem. But we need a feed, and we need to create it within the environment. Directly specifying the manifest for each file, as suggested in microsoft/winget-cli#226, is not an option.
The other previous solution like microsoft/winget-cli#203 microsoft/winget-cli#213 or the article https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli-restsource is not an option (Due Azure requirements).
Proposed technical implementation details
My wish / proposed solution would be a meta-manifest as a feed in which all manifests can be added. This could then simply be stored on any web server via https and automatically updated with a PowerShell script.
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
No files, tests, or entry points are named in the issue. Start by reviewing this repository's REST-based package source implementation and the linked prior proposals, then define the offline feed-generation scope and the conditions that would demonstrate a complete solution.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp, powershell
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100