Christopher Gill

Program Manager, NuGet

Christopher Gill is a program manager on the Visual Studio and .NET team at Microsoft. He primarily works on delivering fantastic developer experiences with NuGet - the .NET package manager.

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IntelliCode Package Suggestions for NuGet in Visual Studio

June 2nd, 2021
Building on Visual Studio’s robust IntelliCode experience for .NET, we’re excited to introduce NuGet IntelliCode Package Suggestions in Visual Studio 16.10! IntelliCode Package Suggestions use your project’s context, such as installed packages and project type, to suggest packages to enhance your workflow! IntelliCode AI-assistance has ...

Add a README to Your NuGet Package

May 6th, 2021
Today, we're excited to announce that you can pack a `README.md` file in your NuGet package and have it fully rendered on NuGet.org!

The NuGet.org repository signing certificate will be updated as soon as March 15th, 2021

February 25th, 2021
The current NuGet.org repository signing certificate will be updated as soon as March 15th, 2021. If you validate that packages are repository signed by NuGet.org, you will need to take steps to avoid disruptions when installing packages from NuGet.org.

Happy 10th Birthday, NuGet!

January 13th, 2021
NuGet 1.0 was released on January 13th, 2011 – 10 years and 4 major version releases ago. Since then, NuGet.org has grown to host a large and vibrant package ecosystem with over 230 thousand unique packages.

The Microsoft author signing certificate will be updated as soon as November 1st, 2020

October 22nd, 2020
The current Microsoft author signing certificate will be updated as soon as November 1st, 2020. If you validate that packages are author signed by Microsoft, you will need to take steps to avoid disruptions when installing Microsoft packages.

View dependent packages on NuGet.org

August 20th, 2020
We're excited to announce that you can now view dependent packages in the new Used By section on NuGet.org, yet another major improvement to the package evaluation experience!

NuGet.org will permanently remove support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 on June 15th

May 25th, 2020
Last November, we shared our two-stage plan for deprecating TLS 1.0/1.1 on NuGet.org in which we stated that the permanent removal of TLS 1.0/1.1 support would occur in April 2020. However, in April, to avoid disrupting customers in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we announced that we would continue to support TLS 1.0/1.1 until further ...

NuGet.org will continue to support TLS 1.0 and 1.1 until further notice

April 22nd, 2020
Last November, we shared our two-stage plan for deprecating TLS 1.0/1.1 on NuGet.org and actions you can take today to ensure your systems use TLS 1.2. In that post, we announced that NuGet.org would remove support for TLS 1.0/1.1 in April 2020. However, since then, our customers have faced a variety of challenges in the wake of the COVID-19 ...