I'm also very optimistic about OneGet. I do think it's a worthwhile endeavor (and I think CoApp is worthwhile.) My frustration comes when Microsoft builds a technology and gives it a web page and open sources it and... promptly ignores it.
I hope my criticisms of CoApp / Native Nuget did not transfer to a criticism of OneGet - my suspicion is that CoApp is abandoned simply because Garrett doesn't have time to both work one CoApp and OneGet. (It's also possible that OneGet deprecates CoApp.)
Certainly I understand all these problems - as you note, I am a Microsoftie as well, so I'm very familiar with having too much to do and not enough time to do it - and I've abandoned a few projects myself. But I'm not happy about that.
As for your question about being at Microsoft: I'm not across the ocean but I do happen to be on the other side of the country. I suspect I could have gotten a reply if I sent an email from my microsoft.com account (even if that reply was "sorry, don't have time") but I sort of hate throwing that around since it feels unfair to the rest of the community trying to use it.
> It's also possible that OneGet deprecates CoApp.
That sounds like it's the case:
"CoApp's features are going into OneGet, WiX, NuGet and Chocolatey. I had the opportunity to take this approach to get it in-box OS, I figured that was worth it."
I hope my criticisms of CoApp / Native Nuget did not transfer to a criticism of OneGet - my suspicion is that CoApp is abandoned simply because Garrett doesn't have time to both work one CoApp and OneGet. (It's also possible that OneGet deprecates CoApp.)
Certainly I understand all these problems - as you note, I am a Microsoftie as well, so I'm very familiar with having too much to do and not enough time to do it - and I've abandoned a few projects myself. But I'm not happy about that.
As for your question about being at Microsoft: I'm not across the ocean but I do happen to be on the other side of the country. I suspect I could have gotten a reply if I sent an email from my microsoft.com account (even if that reply was "sorry, don't have time") but I sort of hate throwing that around since it feels unfair to the rest of the community trying to use it.