Take the time for better naming for Microsoft Store app updates for WinAppRuntime.Singleton, WinAppRuntime.Main.2 "apps"

[Carlo Mendoza (myokeeh)]

I keep seeing these entries for app updates in the Microsoft Store apps. Why not name them better? Every time I see this kind of thing, it just gives the impression that it's unpolished / an afterthought.

Also, these ought to be "System Components" and not "Apps", right?

[Howard Kapustein (DrusTheAxe)]

Why not name them better?

Good suggestion!

These (display) names are identical to the package's identity (see Inside MSIX: Display Name is for Humans for more information about the difference). But they shouldn't be.

The package identities are very specific and carefully designed. These are not end user applications. They're processing components needed by winappsdk's runtime, to do things that can't be accomplished by winappsdk's Framework package. The package identities balances several technical requirements and constraints. See https://github.com/microsoft/WindowsAppSDK/blob/main/specs/Deployment/MSIXPackageVersioning.md for more details.

BUT...that's the programmatic identifiers. Their display names can be more human legible, e.g.

• WindowsAppRuntime.2 => Windows App Runtime v2.x
• WinAppRuntime.Singleton => Windows App Runtime: Singleton v2.x
• WinAppRuntime.Main.2 => Windows App Runtime: Main v2.x
• ...ditto for DDLM...

or whatever, but for human consumption. There's no need to be identical to the package's identity.

https://task.ms/63233045