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Deprecating packages on nuget.org

Anand GauravSeptember 30, 2019Sep 30, 201909/30/19

We are excited to announce that nuget.org now supports package deprecation. This has been a long standing ask that will help the ecosystem use supported packages. As a package publisher on nuget.org, you can now deprecate packages that are obsolete, legacy, or buggy. You can also suggest an alternate package to your deprecated package. This le

New and improved NuGet Search is here!

Karan NandwaniAugust 22, 2019Aug 22, 201908/22/19

It’s been a long time coming, and today we are excited to announce the new and improved search on NuGet.org leveraging Azure Search. We want to start this post with a huge thanks to you, the NuGet community, for providing feedback. We have aggregated all feedback around search result relevance into one mega issue. We used this as the startin

Surfacing GitHub Usage for packages on NuGet.org

Mohamed Riad GahlouzJuly 17, 2019Jul 17, 201907/17/19

There are several criteria you can use today to evaluate NuGet packages. We received feedback that you would like even more information to help choose the right packages. We're excited to introduce GitHub Usage on nuget.org, which allows you to explore top GitHub repositories that depend on the package you are looking at. Why surface GitHub

Enable repeatable package restores using a lock file

Anand GauravDecember 17, 2018Dec 17, 201812/17/18

With PackageReference, NuGet always tries to produce the same closure of package dependencies if the input package reference list has not changed. However, there are a few scenarios where it may not be able to do so. While these cases are limited, we received multiple requests to completely lock down the full package dependency graph for proje

Improved package debugging experience with the NuGet.org symbol server

Karan NandwaniNovember 16, 2018Nov 16, 201811/16/18

Starting today, you can publish symbol packages to the NuGet.org symbol server. With NuGet.org as a single service provider for libraries and symbols, package authors and consumers will have a streamlined publishing and consumption experience. With a single place for managing authentication and identity, you can be sure that both the package a

Introducing Source Code Link for NuGet packages

Maxime RouillerAugust 27, 2018Aug 27, 201808/27/18

NuGet.org now supports surfacing source code repository link for NuGet packages. This will enable package authors to surface both the project's website and the source repository using the projectUrl and the repository properties respectively instead of having to choose between the two using just the projectUrl property. The nuspec has supporte

Introducing signed package submissions to NuGet.org

RidoMay 22, 2018May 22, 201805/22/18

In September 2017, we announced our plans to improve the security of the NuGet ecosystem by introducing the ability for package authors to sign packages. Today, we want to announce support for any NuGet.org user to submit signed packages to NuGet.org. A signed NuGet package is designed to be fully compatible with pre-existing NuGet servers an

Organizations on NuGet.org

Anand GauravApril 17, 2018Apr 17, 201804/17/18

We are happy to announce support for Organizations on NuGet.org. This will help businesses and open-source projects collaborate on packages using a single nuget.org identity. Why organizations? NuGet.org used to allow you to create an account and publish packages through that account with little support to manage and publish packages as a te

Migrate to PackageReference with 3 clicks

Karan NandwaniApril 9, 2018Apr 9, 201804/9/18

Last year, we introduced the option to make PackageReference the default package management format for managing NuGet dependencies when installing the first NuGet package for a newly created projects. With Visual Studio Version 15.7 Preview 3, we have introduced the capability to migrate existing projects that use the packages.config format to

NuGet Package Identity and Trust

Daniel JacobsonApril 17, 2017Apr 17, 201704/17/17

Update on 10/16/2017: Package ID Prefix Reservation is now live. The documentation can be found here. We want to start this post with a huge thanks to you, the NuGet community. Over the last several months we have been talking to many of you to get feedback on NuGet package identity and trust. We’ve learned so much from you and we hope that

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