According to the MS docs: The show command of the winget tool displays details for the specified application, including details on the source of the application as well as the metadata associated with the application. Could release notes be included as metadata?
On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 10:56 PM Ric Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 1, 2023 at 10:36 AM Eric Iverson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > My reservation is that it bypasses all attempts we make on the wiki pages > > to inform users as to what they are getting and how to make use of it. > But > > that may be a lost cause. And winget would certainly be easier for those > > who know exactly what they are doing. > > > > I think that it will come down to how discoverable the J package is in > the > winget package manager. My guess is that, for the near future anyway, this > won't be a very common way for people to discover software they didn't > already know about. > > > > > Ideally it would handle beta releases as well as stable > > My understanding is that we'd need to move to creating exe installers for > beta versions, if we wanted to be able handle beta releases via winget. > (i.e. zips won't cut it) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA Quantitative Consultant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
