microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli

Add progress for unzipping an archive

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Description

Description of the new feature / enhancement

Sometimes the "unzip" part of installing a .zip package takes a long time.

I'd like to get some kind of progress like I do for the install flow to make it more obvious that something is happening rather than just the blinking pipe character "|".

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Research direction

Start by tracing the install flow and the archive-unzip step, then compare how existing installation progress is reported with the current blinking pipe character. Done means a long-running unzip operation visibly reports progress rather than appearing idle.

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Assessment

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

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