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New internal extensions should no be treated as user extensions

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Description

I think this is not just about showing info... this is the whole design for those internal extension that probably need to be adapted - internal extensions can't behave like user ones.

Otherwise, you can do this

❯ quarto list extensions
Id              Version    Contributes
julia-engine    0.1.0
orange-book     0.1.0      formats
❯ quarto remove orange-book

? Are you sure you'd like to remove Typst Orange Book Format? (Y/n) » Yes

Extension removed.
❯ quarto list extensions   
Id              Version    Contributes
julia-engine    0.1.0

And this remove file in the installation directory of quarto

❯ ls -a C:\Users\chris\scoop\apps\quarto-prerelease\current\share\extension-subtrees\orange-book\
.gitignore  LICENSE  README.md

Leading to broken state... 😞

Originally posted by @cderv in #14527

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Research direction

Start by tracing the extension handling behind quarto list extensions and quarto remove orange-book, then inspect how the installation directory's share/extension-subtrees/orange-book/ is affected. Done means internal extensions are not treated as removable user extensions and removing a user extension cannot leave the installation in a broken state.

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Assessment

Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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