GitHub Packages Assets are not download links

[BlackSwan2019]

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The download links for package assets is just static text, like here.

Shouldn't they be blue and clickable to get the asset?

[marisks]

The previous version of GitHub packages had downloadable assets. Now it makes it quite hard to publish packages in other feeds - I had to setup a project locally, install the package, and then upload it to the feed. Previously, I could just download it from GitHub and then upload it to NuGet.org or any other feed my package needs to be.

[felipenmoura]

yep...that's problematic!
There are no advantages in not having the link there. Why would they do that?
I too had to download, install, build and zip the result, instead of ... you know, clicking a link.

[trickyearlobe]

I have a corporate customer which restricts internet access (quite common) and uses PAC files to configure proxy support on the browser.

They can't reach out for artifact repos like RubyGems, YUM/APT repos, Maven etc, NPM etc, but they can open a browser to download an artifact directly.

Not allowing "click to download" means they can't get my stuff without shady file transfer solutions or USB sticks.

[trickyearlobe]

Also, why no YUM/APT support?