Improvements with .NET 8

[amilochau]

Watching the new.NET 8 announcements, here is a list (lot exhaustive) of improvements to test and implement.

Release Candidate 2:

• none

Release Candidate 1:

• none

Preview 6:

• [x] Options validation source generator

Preview 5:

• [x] self-contained is no longer the default

Preview 4:

• [x] System.Text.Json IsReflectionEnabledByDefault
• [x] Native AOT - OptimizationPreference
• [x] Time abstraction
• [x] NuGet - Security Auditing

Preview 3:

• [x] Configuration binding source generator

Preview 2:

• none

Preview 1:

• none

[amilochau]

The following feature switches could be used, but don't decrease the bundle size:

    <MetricsSupport>false</MetricsSupport>
    <StartupHookSupport>false</StartupHookSupport>
    <CustomResourceTypesSupport>false</CustomResourceTypesSupport>
    <EnableUnsafeBinaryFormatterInDesigntimeLicenseContextSerialization>false</EnableUnsafeBinaryFormatterInDesigntimeLicenseContextSerialization>
    <BuiltInComInteropSupport>false</BuiltInComInteropSupport>
    <EnableCppCLIHostActivation>false</EnableCppCLIHostActivation>
    <_EnableConsumingManagedCodeFromNativeHosting>false</_EnableConsumingManagedCodeFromNativeHosting>
    <DisableDependencyInjectionDynamicEngine>true</DisableDependencyInjectionDynamicEngine>
    <NullabilityInfoContext>false</NullabilityInfoContext>
    <JsonSerializerIsReflectionEnabledByDefault>false</JsonSerializerIsReflectionEnabledByDefault>

See this page to learn more on feature switches.