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Two suggestions for a 2.0 release #3047

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Hello!
I noticed Demitrius Nelon (@denelon) is asking for ideas that might justify a version bump to 2.0.
I hope the following two suggestions haven't been discussed and dismisses or approved yet, at least I could not find anything.

  1. Implement aliasses for existing store apps. Instead of letting users search for a cryptic ID and then use this in winget
  2. Change policy to allow certain selected installers to be downloaded from individually approved "foreign" sources.

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  1. Expland the current manifest-scheme with fields that a "normal" winget-manifest can point to a store app (ID or whatever) and thus enable winget to handle it like any other programme.

  2. This would require a policy change. I have tried to start a discussion without much feedback here: How to handle software without usable official URLs - a whitlist for download portals? winget-pkgs#97158

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    Issue-FeatureThis is a feature request for the Windows Package Manager client.
    on Mar 5, 2023
  2. Trenly commented on Mar 5, 2023

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  3. Trenly commented on Jun 16, 2023

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    [Policy] Breaking-Change

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