Microsoft will manually review all submissions to the Windows Package Manager (Winget) repository

Last week's official release of the final build of the Linux-style Windows Package Manager by Microsoft was met with great excitement from the community. But the company seems to have only belatedly spotted an issue with its Store alternative. The problem is that the Windows Package Manager Manifest Creator tool makes it incredibly simple to submit new package to the repository. This has results in complaints that 'people are submitting bad or duplicate manifests without checking if the app already exists or not'; Microsoft has come up with a vey hands-on solution. See also: KB5003214 update for Windows 10 is… [Continue Reading]