How to publish extensions built with VSExtensibility

[GabrieleMessina]

Hi,
i've been able to create a .VSIX file building in Release a project created with the template with VSSDK compatibility, but I've not found a way to make the .VSIX file for a project created with the Extensibility template without VSSDK compatibility.

Also, I've found nothing in the VSExtensibility documentation about publishing the extension, can I have help understanding what to do?

[BertanAygun]

Hi,

Because the VisualStudio.Extensibility is in an early preview right now intended for developers to test on their own machines, it doesn't include the build tasks for VSIX packaging. Visual Studio extensions gallery also has a check to disallow uploading of extensions using preview versions of VisualStudio.Extensibility SDK as extensions may not be compatible with future versions of Visual Studio.

We are working towards a stable release that will include build tasks for packaging extensions and also an upload process to gallery. At that point, we will strive to ensure that future versions of Visual Studio can be backwards compatible with previous stable versions of the SDK.

Thanks,
Bertan Aygun

[GabrieleMessina]

I see, thank you for the answer, i'll wait for the stable release then!