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Suggestion: Display Nuget package description when creating and viewing a release

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Steven Kuhn

18 Aug, 2011 03:34 PM via web

When creating and viewing a release in Octopus the nuget packages and their respective versions are displayed, I would like to see the package description as well.

My idea is that the build server could populate the description element in the .nuspec file with information about the changes and issues relating to that build. I think it would help with choosing which version belongs in a release as well as providing more information along with the release notes.

Another (perhaps crazy) idea is that Octopus could support markdown formatting in the package description. The build server could format the description a certain way and perhaps create links back to those particular changes/issues.

  1. 2 Posted by Paul Stovell on 19 Aug, 2011 08:56 AM

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    That's a really great idea Steven, I'll add it to the backlog. I'll update this thread when the feature is implemented.

  2. Paul Stovell closed this discussion on 24 Aug, 2011 01:44 AM.

  3. Steven Kuhn re-opened this discussion on 01 Sep, 2011 07:15 PM

  4. 3 Posted by Steven Kuhn on 01 Sep, 2011 07:15 PM

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    Hi Paul,

    I just read the update on NuGet 1.5 and they added a <releaseNotes /> metadata element. This may be more appropriate than <description />, but having both of those elements display in Octopus would be helpful.

    Thanks,
    Steven

  5. 4 Posted by Paul Stovell on 02 Sep, 2011 12:47 AM

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    Thanks Steven, I've just added support for NuGet 1.5, so supporting this attribute as well should be a snap.

  6. 5 Posted by Paul Stovell on 13 Sep, 2011 10:20 PM

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    This has been scheduled for v1:

    http://www.paulstovell.com/octopus/features-for-v1

    Paul

  7. Paul Stovell closed this discussion on 13 Sep, 2011 10:20 PM.

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