"policies" folder is missing in vscodium

[alexhass]

Describe the bug
The project is missing the folder /policies that exists in vscode

Please confirm that this problem is VSCodium-specific

• [X ] This bug doesn't happen if I use Microsoft's Visual Studio Code. It only happens in VSCodium.

Please confirm that the issue/resolution isn't already documented

• I checked the Docs page and the Troubleshooting page and my issue is not mentioned there.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code' and compare with C:\Program Files\VSCodium
2. "\policies" folder is missing in VSCodium

Expected behavior
All files should be packaged.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 11
• Architecture: x64
• Version 1.96.3
• App Manager : Intune / AD Deployment

Additional context
It looks like the vscode maintainers had an insight about Enterprise needs and added https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/enterprise. They added GPO support in 1.67 that allow admins to disable automatic updates. The vscodium team has created a custom MSI setup that hard disables the updates what was perfect solution at the time when this was implemented. But with the new GPO files I think this may no longer needed. At least it is not a hard requirement as the admins can now disable automatic updates via GPO - what is really nice.

They also added extension whitlisting in 1.96 what can be configured via these GPO files.

As creator of the VSCodium MSI package I suggest to add the policy files and remove the setup that hard disables the updates.

You may also like to keep an eye on microsoft/vscode#148942 as they add the same for macOS...

[daiyam]

Can you try this version https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium-insiders/releases/tag/1.97.0.25021-insider? Thx