microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Add support for pinning to the COM API
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Description
Description of the new feature / enhancement
We need support for pinning in the COM API so we can continue to reach for parity between the Winget CLI and the Dev Home machine configuration experience. As users are installing applications and packages through the GUI in Dev Home, the ability to have control over version and updating behavior is important. Version selection exists, but the pinning is currently a gap we have identified.
Proposed technical implementation details
Support pinning in the COM API as it is supported in the CLI.
Contributor guide
First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the existing CLI pinning implementation and the COM API surface for package installation, then compare their supported operations. Done means the COM API exposes pinning with version and update behavior comparable to the CLI.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- api, cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100