A big difference in Map Suite 10.0 is that we are starting to provide our products via NuGet. Now we can add references to Map Suite products by NuGet easily. For more details about how we approach this, please refer to http://wiki.thinkgeo.com/wiki/repackaged_nuget_packages.

New version strategy comes out with Map Suite 10.0. Now we maintain LTS(long-term support) version as well a develop version. LTS releases were recommended for most users, giving them a stable maintenance and only contains bug fix. Develop version contains bug fix and new features, it's suitable for users who want to try new features from Map Suite.

If there are any bug fixed in Map Suite products, we will update the LTS version. You can get the latest LTS version by click update in NuGet Package Manager.

Whenever a hotfix is applied to our source, the specific package version will increase by 1.

We plan to publish a minor release for LTS each xx weeks(xxx days). In the minor release, we will merge the new features from 11.0.0-beta into 10.0.0 and test carefully, then release as a long term support version.

We will release a new version of Develop to NuGet every day, you can get the latest feature from here. The version number is suffixed with beta***.

For example, if you want to get the daily NuGet package for MapSuiteDesktopForWinForms-Standard. Please check following steps.

1. Open NuGet Package Manager.
2. Input “MapSuiteDesktopForWinForms-Standard” in search field.
3. Check the Include prerelease option on right side of the search field.
4. Select the “MapSuiteDesktopForWinForms-Standard”, all available versions include daily package will be listed.
5. Install the daily package you want by clicking the install button.