Unnecessary package reinstalls?

[tpluscode]

I don't understand something. Whenever I do for example paket add nuget X it seems that all the other packages are downloaded and installed. This is very annoying because for every package that contains content files, these files are rewrtitten with their defaults.

Is this by design?

[isaacabraham]

There's another issue I raised about this. Not sure about the ID.

[isaacabraham]

Also. Content files should be considered read only IMHO, just like any other part of a dependency.

[tpluscode]

@isaacabraham the issue is #330. I guess this is a duplicate.

However I'll very much like to see this fixed. Currently it's the biggest problem keeping me from ditching NuGet. Boy, I've been waiting so long for an alternative :)

[tpluscode]

Oh, and I tried with the latest. 0.14.3 I think.

[forki]

this are different things. We always install all packages. Content files are overridden, right @theimowski ?

#330 is about resolver performance.

[theimowski]

yes, we do full refresh for content files

[tpluscode]

@forki, why are unrelated packages all reinstalled when I add a new dependency to a project, even a single one with the --interactive switch). Is that necessary?

[forki]

As I said: "We always install all packages."
that has to do with the fact that the complete install model is computed and packages influence each other (in some cases).

[tpluscode]

I see. I take that this behaviour is not going to change. It's not a problem in itself, just combined with the content files being overwriten it becomes an issue. Please see my comment to #202