microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Add support for Windows patches and drivers
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Description
Description of the new feature / enhancement
Add support for Windows patches and drivers in a similar manner to wsus. This would allow cached patches for the OS through the package manager. This would be similar to YaST, DNF, or APT and their respective OSes.
Proposed technical implementation details
This would be allowed by keeping the patches in the winget repo, and adding a mechanism to stag the OS patches and drivers to be picked up on the next reboot.
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 how the winget repository currently handles cached packages and how WSUS, YaST, DNF, or APT provide the comparable behavior. Define the required patch and driver sources, package-manager workflow, and reboot staging behavior; the work is done when Windows patches and drivers can be cached and staged for the next reboot.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 28/100