Windows: install and upgrade via package manager

[derrickstolee]

For macOS, we have embraced Homebrew as our method for distributing and upgrading Scalar. We should do similar behavior for Windows.

Options include:

• Chocolatey (external, not super-widely adopted)
• winget (Microsoft project, currently not production ready)

[legowerewolf]

Might also want to explore release via the Microsoft Store.

[alejandro5042]

Don't forget scoop :)

https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop

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[derrickstolee]

We are almost complete with this one. Keep posted.

[MarkIannucci]

@derrickstolee , out of curiosity, which package manager are you targeting?

[derrickstolee]

@derrickstolee , out of curiosity, which package manager are you targeting?

@marklannucci: We are targeting winget as it will (eventually) be automatically included in Windows. For now, it can be installed by downloading the .appxbundle from the latest microsoft/winget-cli release.

We already have winget integration for the microsoft/git fork of Git, and can be installed via winget install microsoft-git.

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