Installing previous version action is not working for renamed extensions

[sandy081]

Ref #76211
From @EricJizbaMSFT

As I side note, I tried to install the old version directly from VS Code (instead of from a vsix), but no luck.

[sandy081]

@kesane-msft It happens because the properties of old extension (with old name) are not available when querying from marketplace. Are they get deleted when extension gets renamed?

[kesane-msft]

@sandy081 yes. During the rename, we basically just change the latest version of the extension.

[sandy081]

Sorry if I am not clear -

I run the query with new name and in the query I request for all versions.
In the result, I get all versions of the extension but only those versions with new name has properties, remaining has missing properties.

[kesane-msft]

@sandy081 - that's because we don't migrate the properties for the older versions.

[sandy081]

@kesane-msft Is it possible to also migrate the properties? We heavily rely on properties to know the metadata of the extension.

[kesane-msft]

@sandy081 fair ask. I have logged a bug on our side to make these changes.