Windows Package Manager 1.12.100-preview

[florelis]

This is a preview build of WinGet for those interested in trying out upcoming features and fixes. While it has had some use and should be free of major issues, it may have bugs or usability problems. If you find any, please help us out by filing an issue.

New in v1.12

• App Installer now uses WinUI 3. The package dependency on WinUI 2 has been replaced by a dependency on the Windows App Runtime 1.7.

Bug Fixes

• Manifest validation no longer fails using UTF-8 BOM encoding when the schema header is on the first line

Experimental Features

• Experimental support for Fonts

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Experimental support for Fonts

The following snippet enables experimental support for fonts via winget settings. The winget font list command will list installed font families and the number of installed font faces.

{
  "$schema" "https://aka.ms/winget-settings.schema.json",
  "experimentalFeatures": {
    "fonts": true
  }
}

What's Changed

• Update the other TDBuild task by @florelis in Update the other TDBuild task #5534
• Use windows-latest agents in localization pipeline by @florelis in Use windows-latest agents in localization pipeline #5538
• Bump version to v1.12 by @florelis in Bump version to v1.12 #5532
• Allow set foreground from PS by @JohnMcPMS in Allow set foreground from PS #5541
• Move to proper signal for dev/not-dev by @JohnMcPMS in Move to proper signal for dev/not-dev #5552
• Use SDK 26100 in CommonCore project by @florelis in Use SDK 26100 in CommonCore project #5570
• Repair Repair-WinGetPackageManager by @florelis in Repair Repair-WinGetPackageManager #5568
• Use cpprestsdk v2.10.18 by @florelis in Use cpprestsdk v2.10.18 #5567
• Undefined-behaviour fix: safely call std::isspace in CompletionData by @mohiuddin-khan-shiam in Undefined-behaviour fix: safely call std::isspace in CompletionData #5564
• Add missing compilation flags for vcpkg ports by @florelis in Add missing compilation flags for vcpkg ports #5587
• Add more missing flags for vcpkg by @florelis in Add more missing flags for vcpkg #5592
• Swallow provisioned package errors by @JohnMcPMS in Swallow provisioned package errors #5595
• Update detours vcpkg to use prior version by @JohnMcPMS in Update detours vcpkg to use prior version #5601
• Remove TestRelease by @JohnMcPMS in Remove TestRelease #5613
• Handle Byte Order Mark during validation by @Trenly in Handle Byte Order Mark during validation #5585
• Initial MCP Server implementation by @JohnMcPMS in Initial MCP Server implementation #5610
• Update release notes for BOM Handling by @Trenly in Update release notes for BOM Handling #5622

New Contributors

• @mohiuddin-khan-shiam made their first contribution in Undefined-behaviour fix: safely call std::isspace in CompletionData #5564

Full Changelog: v1.11.400...v1.12.100-preview

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