microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Emit _name for WinGet DSC Resource export
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DSC-Resource
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Description
Relevant area(s)
WinGet CLI
Description of the new feature / enhancement
DSC can "export" resources, and for an instance "name", it could expose the _name property.
We should add a reasonable name using _name
possibly "WinGet Package" for Microsoft.WinGet/Package.
Proposed technical implementation details
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the WinGet CLI's DSC resource export path and the Microsoft.WinGet/Package instance handling. Determine how exported instances represent their name, then verify that the export includes a reasonable _name value, such as the proposed package label.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100