microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Should not say "Microsoft is not responsible for" Visual Studio etc.
Nobody has claimed this yet.
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Description
Brief description of your issue
When installing Microsoft official tools, like Terminal, Visual Studio, or Microsoft Edge, there should not be a warning that "Microsoft is not responsible for third party packages" because it is irrelevant in misleading.
Steps to reproduce
winget install visualstudio.community
Expected behavior
No warning, or a modified one to be more relevant e.g. "This install method is not officially supported by Microsoft"
Actual behavior
Found Visual Studio Community [Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community]
This application is licensed to you by its owner.
Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
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Environment
[winget --info]
Windows Package Manager v0.1.41331 Preview
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.19041.84
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.0.41331.0
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First steps
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue with winget install visualstudio.community and compare the displayed license and third-party package warning with the expected behavior. Trace the code path that produces this output, then verify that the warning is removed or made relevant for official Microsoft tools without changing unrelated package messaging.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, powershell
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100