Windows Package Manager 1.4.2011-preview

This is the first development build after the Windows Package Manager 1.3 build for Windows 10 (1809+) and Windows 11.

Experimental features are enabled in this release. The experimental support for installing from a zip file (except portable packages) is included in this release. This build will be released to Windows Insider Dev builds, and Windows Package Manager Insiders.

Note: The Windows Package Manager Community Repository does not accept zip applications. They will not be accepted until after 1.4 is Generally Available and has been rolled out to the majority of Windows systems via the automatic upgrade from the Microsoft Store. Users may test with local manifests.

Features

• Support installing .zip files #140
• Add argument to pause after command execution #2061
• Add the ability to identify unsupported arguments #1277
• Ability to list tags of a specific Package #530
• Enable long aliases #2107

Bugs

• Crash in list command #2273

What's Changed

• Enable long aliases by @Trenly in #2107
• Check symlink target before removal by @ryfu-msft in #2242
• Bump version to 1.4 by @ryfu-msft in #2263
• Apply latest localization patch by @ryfu-msft in #2264
• Feat: Show package tags by @Trenly in #2235
• Add support for UnsupportedArguments by @ryfu-msft in #2216
• Validate manifest installers (MSIX) by @AmelBawa-msft in #2215
• Improve index dependency consistency check by @yao-msft in #2247
• Fix spacing in 1.2 singleton schema by @ryfu-msft in #2276
• Fix unsupported args unit tests by @ryfu-msft in #2277
• Mitigate crash that can occur when installed version is null by @JohnMcPMS in #2278
• Create WinGetUtil functionality for running installed package correlation by @JohnMcPMS in #2221
• Addition of Initial 1.3 Schema by @ryfu-msft in #2189
• Add extra compilation flags for debug info by @lechacon in #2281
• Migrate FabricBot Tasks to Config-as-Code by @msftbot in #2285
• Update fabricbot.json by @vedantmgoyal2009 in #2293
• Fix WinGetUtil WinGetCreateManifest result by @yao-msft in #2296
• Add alternate name to Usage String by @Trenly in #2268
• Prevent null characters from getting into SQLite by @JohnMcPMS in #2289
• Schema additions for Zip support by @ryfu-msft in #2288
• Feat: Wait upon command completion by @Trenly in #2236
• Move Release Notes to new line and indent by @Trenly in #2312
• Remove /Zi compilation flag by @lechacon in #2325
• Update VCLibs file hash in correlation test script by @lechacon in #2326
• Add UndockedRegFreeWinRT by @jontab in #2333
• Implementation for Zip Install (Non-Portable) by @ryfu-msft in #2320
• Don't fail fast by @JohnMcPMS in #2335
• Fix WinGetUtil index operations for manifest dependencies without min version by @yao-msft in #2337
• Explicit ACLs by @JohnMcPMS in #2324
• Prevent access to parent directories from relativeFilePath for archive install by @ryfu-msft in #2342
• Make zip install an experimental feature by @ryfu-msft in #2351

New Contributors

• @AmelBawa-msft made their first contribution in #2215
• @jontab made their first contribution in #2333

Full Changelog: release-v1.3.1872...release-v1.4.2011-preview