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Add MaximumOSVersion and/or SupportedOSVersions to manifest
Description of the new feature / enhancement
The manifest currently allows for a MinimumOSVersion to distinguish apps which cannot be installed on older versions of the OS. However, there are also some packages (see microsoft/winget-pkgs#62490) which cannot be installed on newer versions of the OS such as Windows 11. This compatibility issue should be able to be placed in the manifest
Proposed technical implementation details
- Implement a field in the manifest for fully defining OS version support
- Do something with that information
- Hide the packages which are unsupported?
- Mark the versions with a special character as suggested in #2134 ?
- Display a warning that installing this package on a newer OS may not work, or the program may need to be run in compatibility mode?
- Anything to keep users informed
I don't know about you but this package installs and runs just fine on my Windows 11 installation. https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/pull/62490
I don't know about you but this package installs and runs just fine on my Windows 11 installation. microsoft/winget-pkgs#62490
In the ShortDescription field of the manifest in that PR it says:
ShortDescription: Spacedesk Driver Software for Windows PRIMARY PC (server) runs only with Windows 10, windows 8.1 and windows 7.
I didn't validate whether or not it actually ran or not. Either way, the fact still remains that the manifest currently has no concept of MaximumOSVersion
Oh I see that might be description, before Windows 11 was released because even on official website it says that it runs on Windows 10/11 this package in particular does not run on older version than Windows 10. I'll make another PR and fix it.
That's true. Especially windows terminal is annoying on Windows 10 when it show that newer version is available but that version is for Windows 11.
In the ShortDescription field of the manifest in that PR it says:
ShortDescription: Spacedesk Driver Software for Windows PRIMARY PC (server) runs only with Windows 10, windows 8.1 and windows 7.
OK I fixed this in PR https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/pull/62502