Gary Ewan Park

I am the primary maintainer of the GitReleaseManager project, which is a tool to help with the creation of release notes for your Open Source projects. In 2024 there were 2 new releases of GitReleaseManager. Across its different versions, this application has been downloaded almost 475,300 times (up from 385,000 last year). https://www.nuget.org/packages/gitreleasemanager/ https://www.nuget.org/packages/GitReleaseManager.Tool/ https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/gitreleasemanager.portable

I am one of the core contributors to the Cake project: https://github.com/cake-build/cake In 2024 we have shipped 3 releases of Cake, including a release which included support for .NET 9 on the week that this was released. Across it different platforms, Cake has over 117 million downloads (up from 79 million last year): https://www.nuget.org/packages/Cake/ https://www.nuget.org/packages/Cake.Tool/ https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/cake.portable The Cake .NET Global Tool is currently THE most downloaded .NET Global Tool on NuGet.org: https://www.nuget.org/packages?packagetype=dotnettool&sortby=totalDownloads-desc&q=&prerel=True

I am the primary maintainer of the Chocolatey project: https://github.com/chocolatey/choco Which is a Package Manager for Windows. In 2024, there were 2 new releases of Chocolatey. Chocolatey as a project has been downloaded over 344 million times (up from almost 321 million last year). https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/chocolatey

I am the primary maintainer of the Chocolatey GUI project: https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolateygui Which is a GUI wrapper around the Chocolatey Package Manager. In 2024, we complete 1 releases of Chocolatey GUI, and this project now has 2,999,141 downloads (up from 2,670,571 last year): https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/ChocolateyGUI

I am the maintainer of the Cake.Recipe project, which is an opinionated set of build scripts for Cake. In 2024, there was no new releases of Cake.Recipe. This system is used as the primary mechanism for building the Cake Addins that exist within the Cake-Contrib Organisation on GitHub: https://github.com/cake-contrib Collectively, Cake-Contrib Addins have been downloaded over 94 million times (up from 73 million last year): https://www.nuget.org/profiles/cake-contrib While Cake.Recipe isn't used for all of these addins, it is used for the majority of them.

I have been an active member of the Stack Overflow community, answering questions on topics such as: - Chocolatey - Cake - GitVersion - GitFlow In 2024, with my reputation score has increased by around 980 points.

This was released of community.chocolatey.org here: https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/chocolatey/2.4.0 At the time of writing, this has 1,199,075 downloads, which is over 200,000 downloads a day!

Join us for another in our Back To Basics series! This session focuses on Chocolatey template packages, a powerful tool for streamlining your package creation process. What you'll learn: Understanding Chocolatey template packages Creating your own template package Using templates with the "choco new" command Scaffolding out files for new Chocolatey packages We'll walk through a practical example, creating a simple, skeleton Chocolatey package using a template. This hands-on approach will help you grasp the concept quickly and apply it to your own projects. Whether you're new to Chocolatey or looking to level up your skills, this session is perfect for you!