Make some experimental features stable#26348
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Pull Request Overview
This PR promotes four experimental features to mainstream by removing their experimental feature gates. These features were previously behind experimental flags and are now enabled by default.
Key Changes:
- Removed experimental feature gates for
PSRedirectToVariable,PSNativeWindowsTildeExpansion, andPSSubsystemPluginModel - Removed experimental feature metadata and checks from the engine
- Updated tests to remove conditional skipping based on experimental feature states
- Fixed indentation inconsistencies in test files
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| File | Description |
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| test/tools/TestMetadata.json | Removed experimental feature entries that are now mainstream |
| test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Set-Variable.Tests.ps1 | Removed experimental feature checks and test skipping logic for PSRedirectToVariable |
| test/powershell/Language/Scripting/NativeExecution/NativeWindowsTildeExpansion.Tests.ps1 | Removed experimental feature assertion and fixed indentation |
| test/powershell/Language/Parser/RedirectionOperator.Tests.ps1 | Removed experimental feature check for PSRedirectToVariable |
| src/System.Management.Automation/engine/runtime/Operations/MiscOps.cs | Removed experimental feature guards for PSRedirectToVariable, making variable redirection always available |
| src/System.Management.Automation/engine/Subsystem/Commands/GetPSSubsystemCommand.cs | Removed experimental attribute from Get-PSSubsystem cmdlet |
| src/System.Management.Automation/engine/NativeCommandParameterBinder.cs | Removed experimental feature check for PSNativeWindowsTildeExpansion |
| src/System.Management.Automation/engine/InitialSessionState.cs | Made Get-PSSubsystem cmdlet available by default instead of conditionally |
| src/System.Management.Automation/engine/ExperimentalFeature/ExperimentalFeature.cs | Removed experimental feature definitions for promoted features |
| src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/Var.cs | Removed experimental attribute from Append parameter |
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The following experimental features are made stable: - PSNativeWindowsTildeExpansion - PSRedirectToVariable - PSSubsystemPluginModel
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The following experimental features are made stable: - PSNativeWindowsTildeExpansion - PSRedirectToVariable - PSSubsystemPluginModel
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The following experimental features are made stable: - PSNativeWindowsTildeExpansion - PSRedirectToVariable - PSSubsystemPluginModel
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PR Summary
Make the following experimental features stable per the PMs and maintainers' decision:
Also clean up the related tests. There are some whitespace-only changes to tests, so it's easier to review by ignoring the whitespace changes: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/26348/files?w=1