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[Package Issue]: Mozilla.Firefox: Consolidate locales into main manifest
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Category of the issue
Installation issue.
Brief description of your issue
As opposed to maintaining several manifests
e.g. Mozilla.Firefox.en-US,Mozilla.Firefox.en-GB, Mozilla.Firefox.en-CA
Multiple locales can be consolidated into the primary Mozilla.Firefox using the InstallerLocale tag in the installer manifest.
Likewise, locales can be consolidated for the different releases (i.e. Mozilla.Firefox.DeveloperEdition and Mozilla.Firefox.ESR
Steps to reproduce
List the multiple unncecessary packages of Firefox
winget search Mozilla.Firefox
Actual behavior
Installing Mozilla.Firefox installs the en-US version. For other locales, the user needs to specify a specific subpackage (e.g. Mozilla.Firefox.en-CA)
Expected behavior
The manifest should offer all locales, so that
winget install -e --source winget --id Mozilla.Firefox
should install according to their Windows locale (e.g. en-CA for English (Canadian))
Environment
Windows Package Manager v1.10.390
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.26100.3915
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.25.390.0
Winget Directories
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Logs %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir
User Settings %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json
Portable Links Directory (User) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Links
Portable Links Directory (Machine) C:\Program Files\WinGet\Links
Portable Package Root (User) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root C:\Program Files\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root (x86) C:\Program Files (x86)\WinGet\Packages
Installer Downloads %USERPROFILE%\Downloads
Configuration Modules %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Configuration\Modules
Links
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Privacy Statement https://aka.ms/winget-privacy
License Agreement https://aka.ms/winget-license
Third Party Notices https://aka.ms/winget-3rdPartyNotice
Homepage https://aka.ms/winget
Windows Store Terms https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/storedocs/terms-of-sale
Admin Setting State
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LocalManifestFiles Enabled
BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore Disabled
InstallerHashOverride Enabled
LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride Disabled
ProxyCommandLineOptions Disabled
DefaultProxy Disabled
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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 inspecting the Mozilla.Firefox, Mozilla.Firefox.en-US, Mozilla.Firefox.en-GB, and Mozilla.Firefox.en-CA manifests, along with the DeveloperEdition and ESR variants mentioned in the issue. Use winget search Mozilla.Firefox to compare the current packages; done means the primary manifests include the supported locales and installation selects the locale matching Windows settings.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100