microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Support for installers that install application as a Portable Application
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- C++
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Description
Description of the new feature/enhancement
There are some applications like GNU/Emacs and TorProject/TorBrowser which come in a installer but install as a portable application. Because of that winget is not able to keep track of them.
Proposed technical implementation details (optional)
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 how winget tracks applications installed by installers, using the GNU/Emacs and TorProject/TorBrowser manifests linked in the issue as examples. Determine what portable-application behavior is missing and define how successful tracking should be verified for both cases.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100