microsoft / microsoft/winget-create

update winget-create and remove dependencies on outdated libraries

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Description

Description of the new feature / enhancement

We have been using winget-create quite a while successfully inside github-actions on windows runners. But for some reason it's now failing, because the windows runners have been updated with latest dotnet versions.

Dear Microsoft please solve this issue internally. You own github-actions + winget-create...

There is another ticket on the GHA runners: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/12158 which was closed because of this outdated dependency.

We do like winget a lot more than Chocolatey, it's really nice and simple to use... But if we can't create our packages anymore...

Proposed technical implementation details
  1. Update winget-create and use latest (supported) versions of the dependencies.
  2. Add winget-create to the standard GHA windows runners. (https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/12158)

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the winget-create dependency configuration and its GitHub Actions Windows runner workflow, then review the linked actions/runner-images issue for the reported outdated dependency context. Done means winget-create uses supported dependency versions and is available on standard GitHub Actions Windows runners.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp, github-actions
Domain
ci-cd, cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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