The extension should be converted to `Extension Pack` as it also installs 'Test Adapter Converter' and 'Test Explorer UI'

[darkred]

Describe the bug
The extension should be converted to Extension Pack as it also installs 2 additional extensions: 'Test Adapter Converter' and 'Test Explorer UI'.

Version
CodeQL extension: v1.7.0
CodeQL CLI version: v2.10.5 (irrelevant)
VSCode: 1.71.2
Platform: Win11 x64

To reproduce

• In a fresh VSCode installation, install latest CodeQL extension v1.7.0 .

• Then open VSCode's 'Extensions' panel (Ctrl+Shift+X). See that 3 extensions have been installed instead:

  • 'CodeQL'
  • 'Test Adapter Converter'
  • 'Test Explorer UI'
     
  Screenshot:

  

Expected behavior
The current expected behavior is to have 1 extension, not 3.
So, the extension should be converted to Extension Pack for two reasons:

1. Most importantly to inform the user about the 2 additional installed extensions. Also, changing the extension to a Pack, its entry in Extensions tab will get a count badge.
2. When the user disables the 'CodeQL' main extension, the other 2 extensions to become disabled as well.

Additional context
Related info about Extension Packs: https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2017/03/07/extension-pack-roundup.

Also, trying to disable the 'Test Adapter Converter' extension alone results in this notification:

Cannot disable 'Test Adapter Converter' extension alone. 'Test Explorer UI' extension depends on this. > Do you want to disable all these extensions?

Screenshot:

[aeisenberg]

Thank you for raising this issue. We are not considering creating an extension pack at this time. The extensions that the vscode-codeql extension uses are dependencies and are required for proper functionality. Extension packs are generally used when you want to bundle a list of curated extensions together. This is not the situation we have with vscode-codeql. Please let me know if this is preventing you from doing what you need to do and we can reconsider.

[darkred]

I believe that the fact that 2 additional extensions are dependencies required for proper functionality, should be clearly noted in the Marketplace page (and the 'Details' tab of the VSCode's Extensions panel) as well in the github README.md .

 
Also, as seen in the screenshot from the Extensions panel, the authors of 2 extra extensions are different than that of CodeQL:

• CodeQL itself is authored by GitHub (verified ownership of github.com)
• Test Adapter Converter is authored by Microsoft (verified ownership of microsoft.com)
• Test Explorer UI is authored by Holger Benl (no verified domain badge).

I was puzzled when I realized the existense of the 2 extra extensions. I couldn't tell how they could have been installed. That's why I made this issue. Yes, the extra extensions are very popular ones, nevertheless I think that it would be useful for the user to know before installing the extension.

[darkred]

@aeisenberg If you find it useful, I could make a PR for README.md with the following addition:

vscode-codeql installs the following two extensions: 
- [Test Adapter Converter](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.test-adapter-converter)
- [Test Explorer UI](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=hbenl.vscode-test-explorer)

They are dependencies and are required for proper functionality.

[aeisenberg]

That sounds reasonable. Feel free to raise a PR. Thank you.