Re: Fwd: [sword-support] Please add Sword Project to Winget on Windows

winget is pretty great. It works about like you'd expect from any other
package manager. And it has a very large collection of libraries and
software already available for it. As for how to add to it, I haven't the
slightest idea as creating packages for Windows is not a target I've
undertaken.

On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 7:03 PM Troy A. Griffitts <[email protected]>
wrote:

> For those who build packages for Windows.  We received this request on
> sword-support.  It sounds interesting.
>
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: [sword-support] Please add Sword Project to Winget on Windows
> Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2023 16:12:57 +0000 (UTC)
> From: southpawami-/[email protected] <southpawami-/[email protected]>
> <southpawami-/[email protected]>
> Reply-To: southpawami-/[email protected] <southpawami-/[email protected]>
> <southpawami-/[email protected]>
> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> <[email protected]>
>
> Sir or Ma'am,
>
> I had a catastrophic fail on Windows resulting in a fully reset operating
> system recently. I looked for some "newer" option for installations and
> there was an option called winget in powershell 7, and likely earlier(You
> can disable powershell 2, uninstall the microsoft store powershell 5 and
> just use powershell 7 and winget - https://winstall.app/ ). It's amazing.
> I installed all the software I could through winget, and I have found
> software dependencies update through winget easily(including dependencies
> from software installed by Steam).
>
> However, I also found that very little Bible software is using winget
> which is why I'm requesting this. There's BPBible, which requires additions
> separately downloaded through a web browser and Logos 9. Other than than,
> there's nothing Bible there. There's not even Bible memory apps.
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