Update OS Packages

Audit and update os-packages.json files in the dotnet/core repository. These files declare the Linux distribution packages required to run .NET on each supported distro release.

When to use

• A new distro version is released (e.g. Ubuntu 26.04, Alpine 3.23) and packages need to be added or verified
• Package names may have changed upstream (e.g. libicu76 → libicu78)
• Periodic audit to ensure all listed package names are still correct

Prerequisites

The release-notes tool is installed globally. Run release-notes --help to confirm.

Inputs

The user provides:

• dotnet/core path — local path to the dotnet/core repo (e.g. ~/git/core)
• Versions to audit — which .NET versions to check (e.g. "8.0+", "10.0 only"), defaults to all active versions