Beta versions of apps

[filiptronicek]

Description of the new feature/enhancement

I think it would be nice to let people decide if they want to install the alpha or beta releases of the apps with winget. For example, the Microsoft VS Code Insiders Build or Mozilla Firefox Developer Edition, just to let winget be more flexible

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

Perhaps a --beta or @insider/@beta or some flags like that in the CLI.

[superusercode]

https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/blob/master/doc/ManifestSpecv0.1.md channels are already in the spec

[filiptronicek]

Wouldn’t it be better to specify a flag then? I feel like the way NPM does it makes a lot of sense.

[denelon]

We are looking at a couple of different scenarios. We have "channels" for apps that don't support side by side instances. Other apps support side by side where you can run a "stable" and a "beta" side by side. I believe Visual Studio Code would fall into this second category.

[denelon]

#147

[denelon]

Duplicate of #147

[ghost]

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!