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[Package Issue]: tesseract-ocr.tesseract / UB-Mannheim.TesseractOCR (Possible duplicate?)

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Description

### Please confirm these before moving forward

- [x] I have searched for my issue and not found a work-in-progress/duplicate/resolved issue.
- [x] I have not been informed if the issue is resolved in a preview version of the winget client.

### Category of the issue

Other

### Brief description of your issue

`tesseract-ocr.tesseract` and `UB-Mannheim.TesseractOCR` seem to be the same program (Having the same package name and all), and both have had a version `5.4.0.20240606` at some point.

The only difference I can find in a real hurry, besides the different InstallerUrl hosting sites, is that `tesseract-ocr.(...)` received one additional update later on that `UB-Mannheim.(...)` didn't.

I will however let you guys make the final calls on it.

### Steps to reproduce

1) Open PowerShell 7.5.4 in Windows Terminal.
2) Run `winget search "Tesseract-OCR - open source OCR engine"`
3) See that there's 2 very similarly looking results.

### Actual behavior

There's a lack of obvious telltales on whether they are different softwares or if they are the same program.

### Expected behavior

Either:
1) The lower-version package among the two (`UB-Mannheim.TesseractOCR`) gets deleted.
2) Someone would attest to if the two packages work differently in any way.

### Environment

```raw
Windows Package Manager v1.12.350
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.26200.7171
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.27.350.0

Winget Directories
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
--------------------------------------------------
LocalManifestFiles Enabled
BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore Disabled
InstallerHashOverride Enabled
LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride Disabled
ProxyCommandLineOptions Disabled
DefaultProxy Disable
```

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Research direction

Start with the tesseract-ocr.tesseract and UB-Mannheim.TesseractOCR package entries, comparing their versions, package names, and InstallerUrl values. Reproduce the PowerShell winget search described in the issue. Done means the entries are either clearly distinguished with maintainer confirmation or the duplicate package is removed.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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