proposal: Change minimum .net supported version

[SimonCropp]

So the current min is .net 3.5. which was released ~11 years ago.

Perhaps the new min could be 4.5.2, released ~4 years ago ?

I know this is a breaking change, but people still using 3.5 can stay on the old nuget until they can move on to 4.5.2.

related to: https://github.com/kbilsted/StatePrinter/issues/52

[kbilsted]

Sure de could. What advantages will we get ?

[SimonCropp]

I was looking at adding netstandard support to stateprinter. Which means using the new sdk csproj format with targetframworks, so u can multi target

Unfortunately net35 and lower can be problematic depending on machine setup https://github.com/Microsoft/msbuild/issues/1333

Aslo net35 is an obstacle for contributers as a decreasing number of devs have the 35 sdk installed

[kbilsted]

.net standard could be fun. Haven't looked into whether it can be mapped at all. E.g. what introspective capabilities .net standard has. Or how we can read external environment settings. Perhaps we can look into these matters first.

So far no one has said they couldn't contribute due to the 3.5 restriction.

[SimonCropp]

so is that a "yes we can move to min of 4.5.2"? :)

[kbilsted]

I may be slow but I still don't understand how going to 4.5.2 brings us closer to core:)

[kbilsted]

@SimonCropp have you looked into .net core and whether it supports the reflection used?

[SimonCropp]

i no longer need this. so will close for now