public static IPackageInfo Find(this ILookup<string, IPackageInfo> packages, PackageDependency dependency) { if (!packages.Contains(dependency.Name)) return null; var allMatchingPackages = from package in packages[dependency.Name] where package.Version != null && dependency.IsFulfilledBy(package.Version) orderby package.Version descending select package; // only remove nuked versions if it's not an exact match var bestMatching = allMatchingPackages.FirstOrDefault(); if (bestMatching != null) { if (dependency.IsExactlyFulfilledBy(bestMatching.Version)) return bestMatching; } // remove any nuked versions before returning the best match return (from package in allMatchingPackages where !package.Nuked select package).FirstOrDefault(); }