NuGet package?

[Happypig375]

This looks like a wonderful project. Is a NuGet package available?
Do I need to reference the entire master branch to use Typography?

[zwcloud]

I think Typography hasn't reached a stable state. I personally only use an old version of Typography.GlyphLayout and Typography.OpenFont in my project, but they are also being updated.

Typography does have great potential but it needs some focus on how to release and keeping stability.

[Happypig375]

Do you mean that master is not guaranteed to be stable?
I see that the update of your old version of Typography is not reflected in the link.
Can you please provide me a link to your stable Typography for me to git-submodule it?

[zwcloud]

@Happypig375

Do you mean that master is not guaranteed to be stable?

I'm afraid, yes, from my using experience. It just works.

Can you please provide me a link to your stable Typography for me to git-submodule it?

I copied Typography source code (only Typography.GlyphLayout and Typography.OpenFont) to my project. It was taken from b0d71cb.

[prepare]

@Happypig375 , Thank you for your interested.

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that master is not guaranteed to be stable?

That's right,
Each master branch should be usable but
The API may be changed some points from each master release.

and It will be changed again soon (about how to layout/measure string).

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so No Nuget for now, please use it at source level.

see samples at ...

https://github.com/LayoutFarm/Typography/tree/master/

You don't need to reference all of the reference the entire master branch.

If you want the read a font file.
You need only Typography.OpenFont and Typography.GlyphLayout.

I provide an simple example here.

https://github.com/LayoutFarm/Typography/tree/master/Demo/Windows/GdiPlusSample.WinForms

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[Happypig375]

Is there any indication of a stable commit?
I don't want to stay outdated.

[samhocevar]

My strategy is to test a specific version and stick to it; in my project (Emoji.Wpf) I am using a commit from 3 months ago, before the big glyph layout refactoring.

[Happypig375]

I suggest using a development branches to avoid unstable master branch.

Like this:
master - stable
dev - heavy development

The dev branch will be merged into master once in a while when it is stable enough.

[ForNeVeR]

Hey, guys, it's actually okay to publish some preview/unstable packages if you're unsure about the API stability. It will make it easier to depend on the preview bits of the library.

Also, keep in mind that (AFAIK) semver allows you to break compatibility in pre-1.0 versions.

[charlesroddie]

@prepare Can you do this officially? Unstable API is no problem.

If not, do you object to anyone else publishing to nuget? In that case stating that it is both unstable and unofficial?

Thanks.

[Happypig375]

Imo, the rate of bugs being found justifies using Typography as a git submodule.
Every time a bugfix is done, updating the submodule is faster than publishing to NuGet, then download and stuff.

[charlesroddie]

Is the stability of Typography improving? Could a nuget package be in sight?

[charlesroddie]

Does Typography need to be forked to get a nuget package out?

[casperOne]

Given the existence of github actions, a commit to master is all that's required to push a new release to NuGet.

And, to be frank, NuGet is the standard for distributing modules in the .NET ecosystem.

That said, given that the last commit seems to have been nine months ago could we:

a) Have an official release to NuGet: I'd be happy to set up the actions (it would be a PR), all that's needed on the part of @Happypig375 is to set up the NuGet account and put the secrets in the repo (the developers would never have to see those secrets)
b) Give a blessing to a fork of the project to publish to NuGet