Question

If my favorite open source library is not available as a Nuget package on Nuget.org, which of these is preferred?

• Create a Nuget package and use a private Nuget server to host it.
• Create a Nuget package and publish it on Nuget.org – even if I’m not the author.
• Plead with the library authors and ask them to publish it.

Or something else?

Answer 1

Since we have some commercial assemblies that we also want to package up and serve using nuget, I opted to create our own private feed. It is working for us.

I see the value in contacting the library authors and work with them to create a package for the main nuget feed, so maybe when I get more comfortable with creating packages and ‘doing it right’ I can start doing that for open source libraries.