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fernandoescolar / vscode-solution-explorer

This is a Visual Studio Code extension that provides a (.sln) Visual Studio Solution explorer panel..
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Future of the `vscode-solution-explorer` extension #290

Open fernandoescolar opened 1 year ago

fernandoescolar commented 1 year ago

Dear vscode-solution-explorer users,

I hope this message finds you well. I have an important decision to make regarding the future of the vscode-solution-explorer extension, and I value your input and feedback in this process.

As you may know, Microsoft is currently developing an official extension (C# DevKit, more information) that aims to provide similar functionality within Visual Studio Code. Considering this development, I am reaching out to you, the dedicated users of vscode-solution-explorer, to gather your thoughts and insights on whether it makes sense to continue with the development of our extension.

I want to ensure that our efforts align with the needs and preferences of the community, and your input will play a crucial role in shaping the future of this project. Your perspective is invaluable to me, and I genuinely appreciate your participation in this decision-making process.

To help guide the discussion, I would appreciate your thoughts on the following questions:

Please take a moment to share your thoughts, suggestions, and any other relevant feedback regarding the future of the vscode-solution-explorer extension. I highly value your opinion and want to ensure that I make an informed decision that best serves the community's needs.

Thank you for your continued support, engagement, and dedication to the vscode-solution-explorer project. I look forward to hearing from you and working together to determine the best path forward.

Warm regards, Fernando Escolar

spouliot commented 1 year ago

I'm not sure if this applies to many of your users but VSCodium (and non-official builds of VSCode, like gitpod uses) won't be able to use the MS extension.

Thanks for your efforts!

eduardomezencio commented 1 year ago

It's important to remember this new microsoft extension is not open source, so I won't be using it, and I think this applies to many others. They also probably don't intend to make it so, considering they developed it as a new extension instead of simply adding the functionality to the existing MIT licencesed C# extension (this is just my opinion, of course).

xylobol commented 1 year ago

Hello! I'd like to echo the above sentiment. I really would like to thank you for your work on this, and I understand if you stop working on this, but I'd really like to highlight that this is important for those who don't use upstream VS Code or want to use their official extension for whatever reason.

BachiMjavanadze commented 1 year ago

It's important to remember this new microsoft extension is not open source, so I won't be using it

The move of the repo and open sourcing of the extension code will take place in one week, on June 13 LINK

Igorgro commented 1 year ago

I think, you can try to contribute solution explorer to new open-source C# extenison (open PR), and see how they will react. Personally, I also do not intend to use proprietary DevKit extansion

xylobol commented 1 year ago

It's important to remember this new microsoft extension is not open source, so I won't be using it

The move of the repo and open sourcing of the extension code will take place in one week, on June 13 LINK

This seems to only be for the language server. I've read it as saying that the solution/test explorer are proprietary - we'll see in a few days.

liquiad commented 1 year ago

The new C# Dev Kit does not support many legacy .NET project types, so there is still much use for this extension.

eduardomezencio commented 1 year ago

It's important to remember this new microsoft extension is not open source, so I won't be using it

The move of the repo and open sourcing of the extension code will take place in one week, on June 13 LINK

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/csharp/cs-dev-kit-faq#_is-c-dev-kit-open-source-why-not

pm4rcin commented 1 year ago

I'll post some numbers. Number of installation of .NET extensions from open-vsx.org:

I'm not counting installations via official vscode Marketplace because I don't think people who use vscode care about free software (not to be confused with open source) that much and also because the proprietary extension would probably be better for them as you mentioned.

So looks like that this extensions is one of the most popular from .NET category in VScodium and similar editors and has value for people using it. It's just raw numbers so anyone could form an opinion. That's my 2c.

EDIT: If the extension is going to be archived I just wanted to say HUGE THANK YOU for all the time dedicated to it because working on FOSS is tough and can be frustrating at times when people are expecting free labor. I wish you all the best and good luck. :)

RivenSkaye commented 1 year ago

Downloads on Open VSX are still going up. I use this a lot as well, even at work due to the horrible licensing scheme M$ uses. Besides that, I try and grab as many FLOSS extensions as possible, even though I run binary blobs of VSC on some of my machines.

If you decide to stop maintaining this in favor of the official extension provided, that'd be a massive loss once it stops working.

tygore587 commented 1 year ago

Another point for your extension: The official C# Dev Kit extension is not free to use for enterprises. You need to have a visual studio professional or enterprise license for it.

lixaotec commented 1 year ago

C# Dev Kit extension i

my 2 cents , indeed charged, but they have eased small team up to 5 image

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/csharp/cs-dev-kit-faq

tats-u commented 9 months ago

C# Dev Kit is really just trash for most companies. Who on the earth pays for that very expensive VS subscription just for that extension instead of the perpetual license of VS Pro? Microsoft is really stupid. Most of those who use VS Code instead of VS to develop C# apps have not been subscribed in the VS subscription. Some of them do not use Windows and cannot install VS. You do not have to stop maintaining this project at all at least until Microsoft starts selling more economical and smaller licenses. This extension and Ionide F# are friends of employees of companies that have only perpetual or no licenses of VS.

eduarddejong commented 9 months ago

C# Dev Kit is really just trash for most companies. Who on the earth pays for that very expensive VS subscription just for that extension instead of the perpetual license of VS Pro? Microsoft is really stupid. Most of those who use VS Code instead of VS to develop C# apps have not been subscribed in the VS subscription. Some of them do not use Windows and cannot install VS. You do not have to stop maintaining this project at all at least until Microsoft starts selling more economical and smaller licenses. This extension and Ionide F# are friends of employees of companies that have only perpetual or no licenses of VS.

Even with a low price or being free of any cost cannot defeat the value of Free and Open Source software.

It's not about money. It's about collaboration, transparency, freedom and having alternative options that don't just all originate from 1 company. And so much more.

(However, I upvoted your comment for your point about who has access to Dev Kit and who not. But please watch your language a bit.)

bicijinlian commented 7 months ago

官方扩展在于大一统一，所有功能全放一起。目前感觉，些扩展比官方好用的多。特别是很符合VS的习惯。刚刚用时，好像是这两个插件有冲突，造成崩溃没法子使用。解决好冲突，各用各的就好。