PackageManagment support for downloading and installing Revit and updates

[eric.anastas]

Windows 10 introduces a new package management system creatively named "PackageManagement". 

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/packagemanagement/
https://github.com/OneGet/oneget

For those not familiar with the concept many software development languages employ a centralized package management system for installing 3rd party libraries and tools. Rather then browsing through a website, downloading a file, and running an installer, all of this can be triggered by a single command. Linux has had this for software installations for years with the "apt-get" command.

So ultimately say in the future Revit 2019 is released and you want to install it. You could simply open a PowerShell window and type:

PS C:\>Install-Package revit2019

Name                           Version          Source           Summary
----                           -------          ------           -------
revit2019                      2019.1.0         adsk             Autodesk Revit 2019

[dgorsman]

Which would be useless, bordering on dangerous, in a corporate environment, or really any with multiple users given version compatibility constraints.  New versions are downloaded, installed and tested in a controlled environment which takes into consideration user rights, firewalls, and other protection systems as well as not buggering up any ongoing projects.

That's not considering the existing Autodesk Desktop tool, either.

[eric.anastas]

@dgorsman Supporting PackageManagment does not also necessarily imply that the installations or updates will be automatic, or controlled by the end user.  Using a common installation system would make it much easier for an admin to to verify that all users are working with the correct software installed, as well as be able to automate pushing put updates and installations.