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Add support for missing package settings
Currently, it is not possible to set the following package settings via SFDX:
- apiAccessLevel
- postInstallClass
- setupWebLink
What are you trying to do We're trying to have a seamless packaging & release process via CI.
Describe the solution you'd like force:source:convert has a --packagename parameter which allows us to set the <fullName> element in package.xml. I'd like to see additional parameters to allow us to specify values for the settings listed above.
Describe alternatives you've considered The only workable options we have right now are hackish workarounds:
- Manually maintain a package.xml file with postInstallClass etc. set
- Use an XML editing tool in our CI process to insert the missing package setting elements into package.xml.
@DavinCasey thanks for the suggestion. I'm not a packaging expert, but the experts will see this request. In the mean time and for my own edification, at what point are those values set if working through the Salesforce UI?
In the Salesforce UI, you can go to the Package, click edit and you'll have options for Post Install Script, Uninstall Script, Configure Custom Link etc. These are the settings we need to set when deploying our code to the packaging org.
If these values are not set in package.xml when deploying, the next version of the package (which is uploaded via our CI pipeline too) is uploaded WITHOUT a specified Post Install script or 'Configure' custom link. This is a huge problem for our customers as both settings are vital to customers in installing & using our app.
Definitely a bit blocker for us too! The fact that those settings get cleared out every time we push code to our packaging org is puzzling.
We currently use sfdx force:source:deploy to deploy our code to the packaging org for a first generation managed package. It would be good to have an option to specify a postInstallScriptClass as an option when executing that command.
@mzanini I'm having a hard time understanding the connection between source:deploy (deploy metadata to an org) and the packaging (1GP,2GP) options like postInstallScriptClass that would run after a package:install.
Are you saying that when you deploy code, it's changing the settings on your package in the packaging UI?
