Move appx packaging support up to msix?

[superusercode]

It seems like Microsoft is pushing MSIX much harder now with the release of the windows package manager and MSIX being open source since release (https://github.com/Microsoft/msix-packaging).

Is it likely that the current support for AppX will be upgraded to MSIX?

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[adam-lynch]

Yes

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[tobiasdiez]

Yes, still no MSIX support...

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[tobiasdiez]

Yes!

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[tobiasdiez]

Yes...

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[jakubmeysner]

Yes.

[tupham81]

Yes

[mmaietta]

I'd love to review a PR of msix support being added to electron-builder! 😉
Setting up a local dev environment is fairly simple too:
https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#to-setup-a-local-dev-environment

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[josephjaniga]

Yes...

[jakubmeysner]

This is still relevant.

[wobedi]

Still relevant, please re open

[pratyakshm]

Still relevant

[mmaietta]

Reopening ticket.
Someone, please feel free to pick it up, otherwise, it's not going to get done.
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[RokeJulianLockhart]

#5021 (comment)

@Stale bot, I hate you.

[ryall]

In before stale bot asks again... YES!

[mmaietta]

Hey folks, just commenting about the stale bot won't actually get things done. I'd encourage working together on a solution, even if that be as minimal as discussing implementation details in this ticket.
I have no knowledge about msix or even have the needed time to accomplish it.

[asineth0]

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[haoxi911]

Well, this issue becomes a fight with the stale bot... Does anyone know when Microsoft would stop supporting the old APPX format? I think this issue is not critical until that happens.

Btw, I bet most of you already know it, that you can easily create a MSIX using the MSIX Packaging Tool.

[TomLorenzi]

Yes

[mmaietta]

If anyone is willing to give it a shot, I'm happy to review the PR. I'm not familiar with msix or know what dependencies are needed for getting it up. Happy to provide direction with writing a new Target configuration though
Setting up a local dev environment is fairly simple:
https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#to-setup-a-local-dev-environment

[pl4nty]

Which MSIX features do projects want to use? Eg AppContainers, bundling, Azure Trusted Signing, etc. It's easy to just change .appx to .msix (happy to PR this as an appx option), but it doesn't really accomplish anything.