VS-PPT

I don't smell any PR war here. This release is important because it publicizes code that is very valuable to tool developers. Before this release you had two ways to learn practical aspects of Visual Studio extensibility: 1. Use samples that each explore an isolated feature. Available on github [0] or for a few years back on MS website. 2. Decompile VS to see what's happening behind the scenes. While .NET Reflector does very fine job, the code was convoluted to begin with and it was nearly impossible to find relevant bits. I imagine engineers at MS are cleaning up the code of all power tools so that it's clear and easier to follow. For example we have "Go to definition" right here [1] and I remember long evenings unsuccessfully looking for this functionality in the decompiled code. [0] https://github.com/Microsoft/VSSDK-Extensibility-Samp

"Note that this repository currently contains a subset of all extensions in Productivity Power Tools for Visual Studio 2015. This subset represents extensions which we believe can serve as great real world samples of extending Visual Studio." [0] Yep. There's the rub. Also, as a bit of trivia, the first substantial commit was back in December [1]. The next commit was ~5 days ago. Edit: Additionally, this is their committer policy: "Contributions beyond the level of a bug fix are reserved for Microsoft PPT members or they will be declined." [2] So, if you've something substantial to add, you don't get to actually contribute to the repo. [0] https://github.com/Microsoft/VS-PPT/wiki/Overview [1] https://github.com/Microsoft/VS-PPT/commit/a243e09441d29b9f4... [2] https://github.com/Microsoft/VS-PPT/blob/a243e09441d29b9f4c4...