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August 2013 - The NuGet Blog

NuGet 2.7 Package Restore Consent Errors

August 29, 2013 Aug 29, 2013 08/29/13
Jeff Handley
After NuGet 2.7 was released with Automatic Package Restore and implicit consent, some users reported that they were still seeing build errors indicating that package restore consent had not been given. When we made the package restore changes in NuGet 2.7, we identified one scenario where this would happen but determined we couldn't implement...

Editing Package Metadata on the NuGet Gallery

August 23, 2013 Aug 23, 2013 08/23/13
Bhuvaneshwari Krishnamurthi
In our next deployment, which is scheduled for the week of August 26th, 2013, we have added the ability to edit package metadata at any point in time before or after publishing the package. This has been one of the frequent requests from package authors. The changes are current dpeloyed @ staging.nuget.org. You can play around with the ...

NuGet 2.7 Released

August 22, 2013 Aug 22, 2013 08/22/13
Jeff Handley
The NuGet team is excited to announce that NuGet 2.7 is now released in stable form. We published the release candidate on August 14th and we have not made any changes since then. For details about what's in the release, the release notes are published on docs.nuget.org. NuGet 2.7 Features Package Restore by Default (with implicit consent) ...

Introducing NuGet Concierge

August 16, 2013 Aug 16, 2013 08/16/13
Jeff Handley
Twelve weeks ago, Microsoft's Azure Applications Platform & Tools team welcomed three 2nd-year college students, Jaspreet Bagga, Jeremiah Jekich, and Melissa McNeill, and gave them an opportunity to contribute to NuGet. Package Discovery Discovering NuGet packages can be a daunting process. The best way to do so is either via word of ...

NuGet 2.7 Release Candidate Available

August 14, 2013 Aug 14, 2013 08/14/13
Jeff Handley
The NuGet 2.7 Release Candidate is now available, with an expected release before the end of August. Download: Visual Studio Extensions and NuGet.exe Command-Line All Work Items for the Release Open Issues Work Items Being Tested If you encounter any problems with NuGet 2.7, especially any regressions, please file an issue ...