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TIMOTHY_MANGAN
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Jun 28, 2021

How and why PublisherID, PackageFullName and CA's break the upgrade cycle

In the past I have complained about the method by which the subject field of the certificate (aka Publisher) is hashed and used in the Package Full Name as I suspected it would cause problems for Mic...
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Dian Hartono
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Jul 07, 2021
Thanks for posting about this. We are actively looking into this and will share updates as they come.
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    levyas
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    Jan 30, 2024
    Still actively looking without any updates?
    This caveat must be in every MSIX tutorial, if I knew it before, I'd rely only on self-update and not bother switching to MSIX. The dependency on 3rd party which is not controlled in any way is not acceptable. Whoever decided and/or approved this approach put zero effort into thinking about the convenience of developers and end-users.

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