ProGet: Feature Request: Promoted/Repackaged flag on package listing

[MaxCascone]

When I'm looking at a package's version list in the ProGet UI,
I would love to see a little icon or flag on an entry if that version has been promoted or repackaged,
So I know right away that that has happened,
Without having to dig into the history, potentially finding nothing.

thanks!
max

[stevedennis]

Hi @mcascone !

Interesting idea . just brainstorming here :)

Can you share the workflow you're thinking? Like... why do you want to know that a package was repackaged/promoted?

For example...

• I already know that a -rc.xyz version has been repackaged, because we only creat -ci.xyz versions.
• I already know that a package has been promoted, because that's the only way these packages are in a feed

... so this information isn't so helpful to me. Unless a mistake was made, only promoted packages are only in certain feeds, and all packages go through same workflow (repackaging).

Thoughts off the top of my head...

• Promotion records exist in the database, so perhaps easier to show
• Repackaging records are inside the package (I think), so maybe harder to show

Cheers,
Steve

[MaxCascone]

Hi, thanks for the ideas. At least in our process, we really only have three happy-path steps:

1. a pre-release package is published into the dev feed with a version 1.2.3-branchname-weightedprereleasenumber.
2. That package is deployed to all lower environment tiers, eventually being QA/UAT passed and ready to ship.
3. The package is Repackaged as 1.2.3 and promoted into the prod feed, to be released into Production.

What i'd like to see is a little up-arrow or similar UI 'hint' on the version's row in the package's main version list that it has been repackaged and/or promoted into another feed. So if i'm looking for a package in the dev feed to see which one's been promoted, i don't have to dig into the metadata or history of every version to find it - i just look in the main list.

Extra bonus points for putting the version and feed it was promoted/repackaged to in the hover-text of the UI hint!

You're right that the info is available in the package record json, the history in the UI, and the package metadata, it's just a hassle to have to dig into them in each version to find whether or not it even exists.

Let me know if i can clear anything else up!

[atripp]

Thanks @mcascone , I also added this to our "Promotion / Repackaging Visibility & Permissions Rethinking" task - sounds like something we can consider :)