When to create a Nuget stable release?

I was having a chat with another member of my team this morning about Nuget package versioning – the question was the following:

When should we create a stable release version of a NuGet package? 

I found the answer in Building pre-release packages: a stable release is one that’s considered reliable enough to be used in production. It’s just as simple as that. Also, keep in mind that the latest stable release is also the one that will be installed as a package update or during package restore:

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For more details please go to Building pre-release packages (package versioning, pre-release versions, reinstalling and updating packages, etc).