.NET 6 support for Framework Packaging

[lukemcdo]

.NET 6 is the future of .NET development, and MSIX is the future of Windows app deployment. Please add support for Framework Packaging to allow creation of .NET 5 apps packaged with MSIX without redistributing .NET 6 with each app that depends on it.

Ideally, this will be followed up with a Visual Studio template referencing .NET 6 to use this framework package, along with the user's choice of UI framework (WinUI, WPF, WinForms, or blank/none).

Consider working with the Windows Store team to notify users when their framework package .NET runtime is out of date (assuming major releases are packaged separately).

Edit: Updated from 5 to 6, as my request remains the same but clearly the .NET 5 window has passed.

[terrajobst]

@richlander

[maxkatz6]

Any news on that issue?
Is it even possible in near future?

[lukemcdo]

It's surely possible, considering .NET 5 UWP apps are already technically possible. Previews shouldn't be distributed via framework packages anyway so I wouldn't expect it soon.

I mostly opened this issue hoping for a firm commitment for .NET 5, since I really don't want to wait for the next LTS (6.0) for a good distribution method.

[lukemcdo]

@terrajobst I see that this got raised in the Deployment and Servicing guidance issue, but it appears not to have made the cut for the proposed feature list for .NET 6.0?