[Package Issue]: Microsoft.DevHome = End Of Life (about time)

[R-Adrian]

Please confirm these before moving forward

• I have searched for my issue and not found a work-in-progress/duplicate/resolved issue.
• I have not been informed if the issue is resolved in a preview version of the winget client.

Category of the issue

Installation issue.

Brief description of your issue

Please mark Microsoft.DevHome for removal (or freeze) in the manifests repo

because according to the commit
microsoft/devhome@d6d0147

  <data name="ShellInfoBar.Message" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Dev Home will be going away in May 2025 and a subset of its features will be moved to new places. Stay tuned for more information in the following months.</value>
  </data>

and
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/29/microsoft_dev_home_discontinued/

DevHome is going to be discontinued soon. (yay!.. )

Steps to reproduce

• DevHome is installed as a random "suprise!!!!" install from Microsoft
• it then shows up as needing updates when you later do a winget upgrade check and you end up asking yourself "how the f*ck did that got installed YET AGAIN?!"

Actual behavior

DevHome gets randomly reinstalled back even if i keep uninstalling it, and then WinGet picks it up when an update for it becomes available.

Expected behavior

GTFO and stay out!

Environment

environment: Microsoft Windows 10 / 11 + Microsoft Update

(yup... i know that's like saying water is wet but i have no idea why this app thing is getting re-re-re-installed a few times per year and then WinGet starts showing updates for it)

Screenshots and Logs

see microsoft/devhome#1615

[denelon]

Some folks still use Dev Home experiences, and will continue to do so until it becomes deprecated.

[aisgbnok]

Yes, thank you @denelon. Many people use Dev Home and "a subset of its features will be moved to new places. Stay tuned for more information in the following months." Removing Dev Home now is premature.