microsoft / microsoft/winget-pkgs
[New Feature]: Manifest handling for installed additional components
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Description
Description of the new feature/enhancement
Some installers install additional components that should be maintained updated (and uninstalled) separately afterwards.
In the screenshot from @ItzLevvie below (see https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/pull/68036#issuecomment-1200440331 for details) you can see an umbrella installer that installs multiple subcomponents:

Issues now:
- Uninstalling the "umbrella" package will not remove the installed components
- the proposed
Package Identifieris incorrect e.g. for Torpedo Remote. It should beTwoNotes.TorpedoRemoteinstead ofRemote5 - I wanted to create a separate manifest for Torpedo Remote because it is updated separately from the driver umbrella package (via https://www.two-notes.com/en/torpedo-series/torpedo-remote/)
Is there a way to tell winget that it should recognize these as being described in other manifests?
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Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by tracing how winget manifests represent umbrella installers and separately updated components, then define how package identifiers and relationships should be recorded. Done means the umbrella package can recognize, update, and uninstall its additional components through their separate manifests.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100