microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
A way to list installed packages that have manifest removed
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Description
Description of the new feature / enhancement
Sometimes you install a package from winget, and then package managers or for any reason it gets decided to be removed from the repository. So you should know which package gets removed so you can manually upgrade those packages and not get blindsided.
That would also solve to find/filter manually installed packages without winget involved.
Proposed technical implementation details
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Research direction
The issue describes a desired way to list installed packages whose manifests were removed, but names no files, tests, command, or technical approach. Start by locating the existing installed-package listing and manifest-handling entry points, then clarify the expected output and how manually installed packages should be identified before implementation.
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
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100