microsoft/Terminal

Notice in UI on updating the Terminal app + Fix a Release Notes link to point to the actual release page and not generic releases page

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#12,886 opened on Apr 11, 2022

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Description

I've just acquired a new laptop, it installed "Windows Terminal Version: 1.6.10571.0" with Win11, and this Terminal is quite old, it doesn't even include a Settings UI. It would be nice if Terminal app included a way to update itself or at least a notice on this in About window.

Ideally there should be an easy updating mechanism no matter how WT is installed (if via msix, it should offer to download the latest msix etc)

Also clicking on Release Notes there in About window redirects to generic repo's release notes, and not notes of the specific release.

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Research direction
Fix the release notes link in the About window to point to the specific version. Then research how to detect outdated version and show a notice in the UI.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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60