Fans of the Windows Package Manager app also known as WinGet have been treated to a new version of the tool this week. In WinGet 1.4 there is quite a lot that s new, but the headline addition is support for .zip-based packages.
Microsoft just rolled out Windows Package Manager version 1.3. The update adds support for the installation of portable apps and brings a long list of other improvements.
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.
Taking charge
Windows enthusiasts were quick to capitalize on the tool’s ease of use to submit all kinds of packages to the repository, resulting in several duplicate ones, as well as many that weren’t properly manifested.
Some users also highlighted other shortcomings of the automated submission process. One suggested that the lack of manual screening could allow mischievous users to sneak in a package claiming to install one package, while it actually installed something else.
This forced Microsoft to take charge of the automated submission process and introduce manual human moderation to check each and every submission. Windows Package Manager team administrators will begin manually reviewing submissions to reduce the number of duplicate submissions, and manifests with sub-optimal metadata. We have also implemented moderation to help maintain the quality of the community catalog,” said Nelon on GitHub while introducing the change in the package submission process.