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Recommended Packages
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Description
Description of the new feature / enhancement
Some packages have related software to make them work better or provide additional functionality. It would be nice if a user were informed of these related packages after install.
For example, Audacity can have additional codecs enabled by installing a specific FFMPEG package. After install, a user may be interested in also installing that package.
Additionally, when Verified Publishers are complete, they may want to promote their other related software.
Proposed technical implementation details
Manifest -
ReccomendedPackages:
- PackageIdentifier: Example.PackagePlus
RecommendationReason: This package adds the ability to abc123 in Package.Example
- PackageIdentifier: Example.PackageMinus
Output -
Installation Complete!
You may be interested in these related packages:
Example.PackagePlus - This package adds the ability to abc123 in Package.Example
Example.PackageMinus
Also could be a user setting to suppress recommended packages
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 the proposed manifest fields and the installation-complete output shown in the issue. Define how recommended packages and their reasons should be represented, displayed after installation, and optionally suppressed by a user setting; the feature is done when these behaviors are specified and implemented consistently.
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
- 35/100