microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Change "wix" into an alias for "msi".
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Description
Relevant area(s)
WinGet CLI
Description of the new feature / enhancement
Due to various legacy oddities, especially in Microsoft.Wingetcreate, the vast majority of .msi InstallerUrl-s in Winget-pkgs have the wix InstallerType when they should probably instead have the msi InstallerType.
"Wix" is also not a particularly widely known term among commoners, whereas MSI is somewhat widely known; which will likely cause some minor issues if they ran winget (install|show) (...) --installer-type msi and have it show 0 results.
Proposed technical implementation details
Change wix from being its own InstallerType, to having it be an alias of msi.
Contributor guide
First steps
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- 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 in the WinGet CLI area and trace the InstallerType handling used by winget install and winget show, focusing on --installer-type. Done means wix is accepted as an alias for msi, and filtering with --installer-type msi returns relevant Wix installers.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100