microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Winget should integrate with Windows capabilities / permissions (future-looking)
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Description
Description of the new feature/enhancement
As we move to enforce privacy constraints on all apps - including Win32 apps - we should ensure that Winget is part of the solution. For example, you might want an option for Winget that auto-approves various permissions (like file system or location etc.) as it installs an app, and it takes care of setting those privacy permissions for the user to streamline install for power users.
Another option would be to look at the user's privacy preferences and filter / block apps that clearly don't meet it.
And so on.
[Originally submitted by @ptorr-msft]
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The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by identifying WinGet's integration points with Windows capabilities, privacy permissions, and user preferences; then clarify which approval and filtering behaviors are in scope and define tests for the agreed behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100