About this tag
The github development tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about Microsoft's open-source engineering practices, particularly the migration of Windows UI frameworks like WinUI to GitHub. Recent threads highlight how Microsoft now conducts day-to-day development, including branches, pull requests, reviews, and merges, directly on the public GitHub repository, making the process more transparent for developers. The tag focuses on the implications of this shift for Windows developers, such as the visibility of community pull requests and the operational changes in how Microsoft manages its open-source projects. It does not cover unrelated GitHub topics, but rather centers on Microsoft's development workflows and their impact on the Windows developer community.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    WinUI Mainline Moves to GitHub, but Community PRs Wait

    Microsoft has moved WinUI’s day-to-day mainline engineering work onto GitHub, making the framework’s branches, pull requests, reviews, validation, and merges visible as they happen. That is a meaningful change for Windows developers—but it is not, by itself, proof that Microsoft has begun...