NuGet 5.5 Release Notes
NuGet distribution vehicles:
NuGet version | Available in Visual Studio version | Available in .NET SDK(s) |
---|---|---|
5.5.0 | Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 | 3.1.2001 |
1Installed with Visual Studio 2019 with .NET Core workload
Improved accessibility and screen reader experience for the NuGet package manager UI in Visual Studio
- Accessibility issues in Screen Reader experiences, missing altText and accessible name for Installed textbox, etc., - #9059
- Accessibility issues in Screen Reader experiences in Packages List - #9077
- Accessibility issues in Screen Reader experiences related to "browse","install","update" Tabs - #9078
- Narrator does not announce "Blank","No Dependencies","nuget.org","MIT" link label #9157
Support for surfacing self-contained icons in Visual Studio package manager UI for packages hosted on local feeds - #8189
Significantly improved no-op restore performance using
RestoreUseStaticGraphEvaluation
which speeds up evaluations by calling MSBuild Static Graph APIs - 8791Improved dotnet.exe reliability with cross-platform authentication plugins
add
dotnet nuget <add|remove|update|disable|enable|list> source
command - #4126Suport for
--skip-duplicate
using dotnet nuget push - #8778Support
packages.config
with msbuild /restore - #8506
Bugs
Rework Self-Updater with V3 Apis - #4197
Wrong package dependency version If package dependency version is set to '*' - #6697
ErrorUnsafePackageEntry error message is not pointing to source of problem - #7505
Lock file is not honored in "*" scenarios - #8073
NuGet.exe does not resolve to the latest version of a package when using * in PackageReference (MSBuild/Dotnet/VS restore do) - #8432
dotnet list package with multi targeting WPF project - #8463
Improve ConcurrencyUtilities (reduce CPU usage) - #8653
DG Spec for unloaded project scenarios should not be written in preview restores - #8793
The Visual Studio NuGet packages (RestoreManagerPackage) needs to auto load on solution build events - #8796
Deadlock in VSSettings init - #8842
VisualStudio ToolBox is not populated from a NuGet package if a project is placed in a solution folder - #8868
VS: solution restore perpetually fails due to race condition - #8881
Constant "loading.." on installed tab, and "searching <term>.." on updates tab - #8890
Missing Embedded Icons in VS PM UI after cache expires - #9069
FireAndForget PM UI startup - #9112
Restore: IncludeExcludeFiles.Equals(...) implementation is incorrect - #9167
Restore: PackageSpec.Clone() creates unequal clone - #9211
Error list shown although "Always show Error List if build finishes with errors" is not checked - #8190
Static Graph restore should not pass empty SolutionPath - #9061
Restore: closure computed for each project 4 times - #9042
Restore: DependencyGraphSpec.Load(...) does not need JObject - #9040
Restore: large strings created on large object heap (LOH) - #9031
Custom nuget.exe on newer mono might break due to the MSBuild SDK Resolver - 8848
restore fails when nuget.dgspec.json is "used by another process" - 8692
DCRs