When will the Chocolatey provider be available for public?

[jianyunt]

Hi Rob,
I am Jen working on PackageManagement (aka OneGet). Recently I downloaded your Chocolatey provider for OneGet. I found it seems still under development.
Would it be possible to share your plan with us when the provider will be available for public?
Thanks

[ferventcoder]

@jianyunt Hello! Yes, I can share the details of when we hope to have a provider available - http://us8.campaign-archive2.com/?u=86a6d80146a0da7f2223712e4&id=0165685e1f

[ferventcoder]

If you want to get into more specifics, my email is my github user name at gmail dot com.

[CMCDragonkai]

Is it possible to use this in its current state? Is there installing instructions?

[ferventcoder]

Great question @CMCDragonkai - I believe the instructions are included in the repo. I will need to verify fully on that in the coming weeks though.

[CMCDragonkai]

It's not on the README is it?

[ferventcoder]

Probably not - see https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolatey-oneget/blob/master/install-provider.ps1

[CMCDragonkai]

Is that file for installing this provider?

[favorini]

Any updated ETA on this provider?

[jianyunt]

@favorini for the time being, please try ChocolateyGet from PowerShellGet.
For chocolatey-oneget provider, it depends on ferventcoder (Rob)'s schedule.

[ferventcoder]

Notes that we tend to mention to everyone

The current Package Management Chocolatey provider is an unfinished prototype that Microsoft created based on 3 year old Chocolatey features (and it didn't even capture all of the features available at the time - multiple sources including private, extensions, etc). We don't recommend using it until the official version is released. We made leaps and bounds features since then and fixed many security issues. If you are curious on how far back it may be, please start at 0.9.8.23 and move up from there.

Note: There could be a newer version that does have some more features in it, but it's possible this is false as it would work with extensions.

Until it is ready, please use https://github.com/jianyunt/ChocolateyGet.

Subscribe to this thread for updates. HTH

ETA Update (26 Jan 2017)

We (Chocolatey Software) really want to finish this provider. However, as part of our prioritization schedule, we work with customers to prioritize what we work on based on their needs. Being completely transparent, this has unfortunately not been a priority for them. This is why the provider has not yet been completed from Chocolatey Software's end.

We've asked for support from the community in finishing out this provider and a few folks have stepped up to help, which has been wonderful. However, I'm not sure we equipped them well enough to get things to 100%.

I understand the importance of this integration to the community. And now we are in a much better position to finish this with me moving forward in a full time role with Chocolatey. See https://twitter.com/ferventcoder/status/824277703591424001

[Megasware128]

Congrats 😄