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NuGet 4.0 RC Release Notes

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NuGet 4.0 RC for Visual Studio 2017 is focused on adding support for .NET Core scenarios, addressing key customer feedback and improving performance in a variety of scenarios. This release brings several improvements like support for PackageReference, NuGet commands as MSBuild targets, background package restore, and more.

Bug Fixes

  • Behavioral changes in dotnet pack --version-suffix foo - #3838

  • nuget.exe restore on vs "15" machine only fails - #3834

  • .NETCore file new project should block the build during restore - #3780

  • ASP.NET Core web app, migrated from VS2015 to VS "15", unable to restore. - #3773

  • [Test Failure]Package ‘jQuery Validation’ can’t be uninstalled by PM UI - #3755

  • When a package is installed to UWP project.json, parent projects should also be restored - #3731

  • Modify the NuGet targets to log the package sources as High verbosity instead of Normal - #3719

  • dotnet

    • dotnetcore pack3 should include XML documentation by default - #3698

  • Batch update fails from UI when source without the package is first and All source is selected - #3696

  • Nuget pack command does not include all files - #3678

  • OOM issue - #3661

  • ProjectFileDependencyGroups section of the assets file should use library names for projects - #3611

  • "dotnet restore" and recursing directories - #3517

  • Restore3 failures are logged as warnings instead of errors - #3503

  • TFS issue: "[file]not be found in your workspace, or you do not have permission to access it" - #2805

  • Typing "nuget <packagename>" in vs quicklaunch search box keeps "nuget " prefix - #2719

  • System.Xml.XmlException: Unrecognized root element in Core Properties part. Line 2, position 2. - #2718

  • .nuspec with escaped < or > in text fields no longer builds - #2651

  • nuget.exe delete won't prompt for credentials (it's in non-interactive mode) - #2626

  • nuget.exe delete warns about API Key for local sources, even though it makes no sense - #2625

  • Error experience poor when installing EF -pre package - #2566

  • Visual Studio crashed attempting after changing selection in Package Manager - #2551

  • dotnet

    • dotnetcore restore performs case sensitive Id lookups on flat-list local repositories when floating versions are used - #2516

  • nuget.exe delete is broken for V2 feed - #2509

  • nuget.exe push timeout needs a better error message - #2503

  • Tool restore without proper imports silently fails. - #2462

  • NuGet prompts to enter credentials when there is a private feed even when installing from nuget.org - #2346

  • ApplicationInsights 2.0 package is listed but doesn't exist yet - #2317

  • UIDelay in VS "15" preview 5 branch - #3500

  • First OnBuild event is missed for Restore during Build for UWP - #3489

  • PowerShell5 breaks EntityFramework install? - #3312

  • Add source to detailed logging (consider for 3.5) - #3294

  • NoCache parameter not honored in nuget client version 3.4+ - #3074

  • When a credential provider fails to load in VS, don't break NuGet - #2422

Features

  • Set up CI to run x86 - #3868

  • Auto Restore 3/3: non blocking UI - #3658

  • Auto Restore 2/3: background restore on nomination - #3657

  • Restore project refs to match build behavior (recurse) - #3615

  • DPL support in VS "15" - minbar - #3614

  • Move settings file to Program Files - #3613

  • Generated restore props and targets need cross-targeting participation support - #3496

  • NuGet Restore support for PackageTargetFallback (f.k.a Imports) - #3494

  • ToolsRef implementation - #3472

  • Restore3 for a RID - #3465

  • NuGet UI to support Add/Remove/Update of PackageRefs - #3457

  • Auto Restore 1/3: Implemenation of Nomination API via Caching Project Restore Info - #3456

  • [0] NuGet Restore Task & Targets - #2994

  • [1] Enable Solution level restore in MSBuild - #2993

  • Support credential provider public extensibility in Visual Studio - #2909

  • Recursive nuget restore - #2533

  • Can't load Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client on dev15, need to update Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client version to 15.0 for VS "15" Preview - #2392

  • Unable to install C++ package to C++ UWP project in VS "15" Preview - #2369

  • Nupkg needs to support \buildCrossTargeting\ folder - and import .targets / .props for "crosstargeting" MSBuild scope. - #3499

  • ToolsReference Design - #3462

  • Fix NuGet UI to support restore w/ PackageReferences in .csproj - #3455

  • Adding clear cache button to VS package manager settings - #3289

DCRs

  • Solution Restore should be blocked while auto restore is happening. - #3797

  • NetCore install from NuGet Package Manager UI installs to every TFM , instead of ones that the package supports - #3721

  • Restore nominator API needs to support DotNetCliToolsReferences too. - #3702

  • Mark our VS "15" vsix as a systemcomponent - #3700

  • Migrate from referencing MS.VS.Services.Client to MS.VS.Services.Client.Interactive - #3670

  • $(RestoreLegacyPackagesDirectory) should be respected at a project level by restore - #3618

  • Restore to project with single TargetFramework must not condition props - #3588

  • dotnet

    • dotnetcore restore3 foo.csproj should follow projectref dependencies, and restore those too. Like build. - #3577

  • "type": "platform" Dependencies represented as "type":"package" in lock file - #2695

  • nuget.exe Verbose mode should show the download url - #2629

  • Move NuGet xplat to Microsoft.NetCore.App and netcoreapp1.0 - #2483

  • Push - It should be possible to override the symbol server when pushing from the command line - #2348

  • Consolidate code for finding the global packages path - #2296

  • Need a better name than suppressParent - #2196

  • Determine project.json dependency name to use for MSBuild projects - #1914

  • Add SemVer 2.0.0 support to NuGet.Core - #3383

  • Allow transitive dependency NuPkgs with .targets to be available in MSBuild - #3342

  • NuGet restore from the commandline is significantly slower than VS - #3330

  • Make package ID and version comparison case insensitive - #2522

  • NoCache option does not work for packages.config based restore/install (GlobalPackagesFolder) - #1406

  • FindPackageByIdResource resources needs a default cache context and logger - #1357