I came across this article today, thought some people here would probably be interested.
http://www.infoq.com/news/2015/04/WPF-App-Local
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In WPF vNext, the plan is to offer an “App Local” version of WPF via NuGet. This is essentially the same distribution plan currently used by ASP.NET MVC. Key features include:
- Each application ships with its own version of WPF
- Similar, and often much better, performance characteristics
- Built on top of .NET Framework for Desktop, not necessarily .NET Core
- Highly compatible with the inbox version
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Self contained install. Yum.
(Much) better performance. Yum.
New templates could be good as well, some of the hard coded aspects of win8 templates are annoying.