What is the difference between MvcContrib.MVC3-ci and Mvc.Contrib NuGet Packages?

Question

What is the difference between MvcContrib.MVC3-ci and Mvc.Contrib NuGet Packages?

I see they have different dependencies -ci has many more downloads. I'm assuming I want -ci for my MVC3 project, but how do I figure that out? What does the -ci mean?

Answer 1

From what I gather, MVCContrib.MVC3-ci is the latest version of the MVC3 package and MvcContrib is the old name for the MVC2 package.

If you visit the codeplex site then you will see the release history for MVC2 (v 2.0.95.0 & v2.0.96.0) and then see a final release of this package for MVC3 (v3.0.51.0). This MVC3 release was made on Jan 16 2011.

If you then goto the nuget gallery you will see in the release history that the releases started on Jan 15 2011 and continue until present day.

I would assume that they made a final release of the package on the codeplex site before moving it to the nuget site under the new name.

There is a link here which states that the MvcContrib.WatiN package was renamed to MvcContrib.Mvc3.WatiN-ci for this reason so I can only assume that it is the same for the MvcContrib package if it follows the same naming convention.

Note: This link also states that the ci in the name stands for continuous integration as the package is built using their continuous integration server.