microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Support other portable application formats
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Description
Description of the new feature / enhancement
WinGet has support for portable applications when they are "executables" as in *.exe.
Other formats have been suggested like:
- *.bat
- *.com
- *.jar
Current WinGet Community repository policies prohibit .bat and .com, but these could be offered in private enterprise repositories.
The Java archive format .jar requires a JRE to be present on the system, and that comes with challenges associated with dependencies.
This "parent" issue will be linked to by labels in the WinGet Community Repository when portable packages using other formats are submitted.
Proposed technical implementation details
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reviewing how WinGet currently recognizes portable executables and the repository policies for portable packages, then determine the required behavior for .bat, .com, and .jar formats, including the JRE dependency concern. Done would require an agreed technical design and corresponding support and validation.
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