Include dependencies in the package

[felipecrs]

Closes #401.

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[felipecrs]

Well, I spent a big amount of hours trying to generate an Appx from the project. I was able to, but the resultant Appx doesn't seem to make winget available at the system after installing.

However, studying microsoft/terminal#5661 I noticed that the goal is to include some .dlls into the compilation. I struggled with that, and I'm don't even know how can I evaluate if it works or not, since I could not build a working Appx.

Other changes are related to unset the dependencies of the Appx manifest, and they worked as expected.

[felipecrs]

@DHowett-MSFT, I'm really sorry to bother, but I'm trying to achieve the same thing you did via microsoft/terminal#5661. I tried to understand your code and how could I port them to here, but I'm really not sure on what I'm doing. It's totally okay if you don't, but if you have any time and want to give your opinion on this I would appreciate it.

Actually, I would appreciate any help on this.

[yao-msft]

Well, I spent a big amount of hours trying to generate an Appx from the project. I was able to, but the resultant Appx doesn't seem to make winget available at the system after installing.

The AppInstallerCliPackage project is for dev testing only. The generated appx uses wingetdev as execution alias.
By the way, there have been internal discussions on ways of distributing dependency dlls. We'll get back when a decision is made.
Thanks.

[felipecrs]

The AppInstallerCliPackage project is for dev testing only. The generated appx uses wingetdev as execution alias.

Awesome! The wingetdev was all I need! I suggest to include it in the documentation if it's not already.

[felipecrs]

Believe you or not, I was able to use wingetdev without the VCLibs dependencies with the package created by this PR.

Take a look (click on the GIF to see it in full quality):

[JohnMcPMS]

Closing as this as it has been in draft the entire time (almost its 🍰 ) and we now have VS publishing the framework packages for easier consumption.