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[Update Request]: WiresharkFoundation.Wireshark 4.6.9

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
75/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Locate the manifest for WiresharkFoundation.Wireshark in the winget-pkgs repository and compare it with the current Wireshark release information at the linked download page. Update the package metadata for version 4.6.9 and verify that the manifest passes the repository's validation checks.

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Description

Help-Wanted Needs-Triage Package-Update
What type of update are you requesting?

A new version of an existing package

Current Package Identifier

WiresharkFoundation.Wireshark

Package Version

4.6.9

Please describe the changes you would like to see

A new release of Wireshark is available: version 4.6.9.
Download page: https://www.wireshark.org/#download

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