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                                            Dirk Heinrichs

Disable desktop shortcuts and explorer context menu with package preferences

Yeah, after every choco upgrade run, I need to remove those desktop shortcuts. Would really be nice to have an option to suppress their creation in the first place.

Cannot publish repo where two different versions of a package were added using the same filename

The same that Debian and Ubuntu also do. Add a distribution tag to the version, like "1.5.10-1ubuntu18.04" and "1.5.10-1ubuntu20.04". This is explained in great detail here: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-version

Cannot publish repo where two different versions of a package were added using the same filename

You could try...

Can't install deb on Ubuntu 20.04

That's not relevant. The keyword above is `cross-device link`. The package is trying to create a hard link across filesystem borders, which is not possible. On your system the link...

Can't install deb on Ubuntu 20.04

What's so nice about these bots?

Support decrypting credentials using an external certificate (aka "make secrets portable")

I like the idea. Looks similar to what `eyaml` provides for Puppet's Hiera (looks like `ENC[PKCS7, encrypted text]` there). But `eyaml` in itself is just a framework which can be...

Support decrypting credentials using an external certificate (aka "make secrets portable")

Since JCasC can use environment variables to fill in credentials, we've solved this by switching to Vault as an external credentials provider (needs Vault plugin). If setup properly, JCasC can...

first-parent problems

+1 for having --first-parent usage configurable.

first-parent problems

Another year has passed (nearly). Is this going somewhere?

What happens if "Reserved by" of a resource is set while it's locked?

So, can I safely set `Reserved by` for a resource w/o harming a running build which holds that resource?