Specs

This page serves as the landing page for specifications/roadmap of upcoming major new features of NuGet.

We are very sorry, but we completely neglected to keep this page updated through the 1.7. 1.8, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, and 2.5 releases.  We are evaluating the best approach for publishing specs going forward.

v1.6 Specs

1. Pre-release (Beta) packages (Issue 16)
2. Enabling Using NuGet Without Checking In Packages Folder (iteration 1) (Issue 165)
3. Gallery endpoints

v1.5 Specs

1. Allow Specifying Unreferenced Assemblies (Issue 263)
2. Search Service
3. Release Notes (Issue 490)

v1.4 Specs

1. Update All Packages (Issue 431)

v1.3 Specs

1. Powershell Helper Library (Issue 310)
2. Self Update Check (Issue 788)
3. Package Manager Console Command Reference (v1.3)
4. Machine Level Cache (Issue 859)
5. Streamlined Package Creation Workflow (Issue 675)
6. Addressing Package Versioning Hell (Related Issues: 913, 914)

v1.2 Specs

1. Framework Profile Support (Issue 219)
2. Framework (GAC) Assemblies References (issue 298)
3. Schema Versioning
4. Package ID Spec
5. Binding Redirects

v1.1 RTM

1. Versioning core algorithm

v1.0 RTM

1. Tags
2. Version Range Specification (347)
3. File Element

Iteration CTP 2 (10/11 – 11/2)

1. Package Source Fallback (204)
2. Making the package console more visible (14)

BackLog

• Related Dependencies
• Signed Packages
• Dependency Resolution
• Package Visibility
• Single package version per solution
• Packages containing Icon and License
• Controlling Content File Target Location
• Target Project Type Filtering (Issue 235)