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[SUGGESTION] No user-input Update Process (no manual wizard)
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- Dominant language
- C++
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Description
Description of the Issue
It would be nice to have the update process occur without user input. It's tedious to have to keep manually progressing through the same wizard every update.
Steps to Reproduce the Issue
Occurs @ every NPP update
Expected Behavior
Once update is kicked off, progress to completion without user input.
Actual Behavior
When installing updates, users are required to manually navigate through the update/install wizard every time.
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 locating the update/install wizard entry point in the repository and reading how its current user-input flow works. Verify the behavior with the project's existing update tests, if present; done means an update can reach completion without manual wizard steps.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop, release
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100