FEATURE - "Chunk" Download/Install of Extensions #67
Description
Am not sure if it's just me being weird, but I have 56 extensions in my Visual Studio and I use about 99% of them routinely, so I like to use this tool to drag them around to the various computers on which I use Visual Studio for development.
Thing is, however, when I do a Import Extensions and select everything in the list, the VSIX Installer takes a long time to initialize itself, and I suspect the wait time grows with the number of extensions selected.
Therefore, I suggest that the extensions be "chunked," as in, download the whole gamut of what is selected, but if it is above, say, 10 extensions, then break the set of extensions to be installed into groups, and install them in smaller batches, repeatedly running the VSIX Installer.
BTW - I am confused. The extension does not quit Visual Studio after the VSIX Installer is launched. Is it not correct that the VSIX Installer needs all instances of Visual Studio to be closed to do its work of installing extensions?