NuGet Visual Studio UI shows floating versions incorrectly

[joelverhagen]

For a .csproj + project.json project, floating versions are not displayed properly. For example, try this project.json:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "Newtonsoft.Json": "7.0.1-*"
  },
  "frameworks": {
    "net461": {}
  },
  "runtimes": {
    "win": {}
  }
}

The UI does 7.0.1--, not 7.0.1-*.

[emgarten]

To match packages.config this would show the actual resolved version from project.lock.json. Having the range string verbatim from project.json would be great also. The UI was designed for packages.config and just needs support for the new concepts.

[nkolev92]

Consolidating this into #3788.

I get that this is older but that issue is more popular and there's no benefit to keeping both issues open.