.NET Framework 4.5? (1 Viewer)

[cwchapma]

Has there been any discussion of targeting .NET Framework 4.5? I'm working on a plugin and want to use Entity Framework and async/await (which isn't possible without significant workarounds or giving up features).

I tried having changing all the projects in mediaportal to target 4.5 and had to add an attribute to the app.config file but the client at least appears to work fine.

Any thoughts?

Clint

 

[jameson_uk]

It is being looked at but will tie in with XP support discussions.

It will likely happen but there are no concrete plans yet

 

[Oxan]

We've had some discussion about it, but the main blocker is that not all developers have a VS2012 license or a platform on which it runs. That said, it might happen for 1.5.

 

[cwchapma]

Thanks for the feedback. I guess not supporting XP is going to be a pain point for some people. IMHO, it's time They always have the option to stick with 1.3 or 1.4 and keep XP.

Surprised about the license issue for VS2012. I'm just using the express version of VS2012. I guess people probably have extensions they are reluctant to give up?

 

[chefkoch]

Surprised about the license issue for VS2012.

Problem is not only VS2012 or XP for using MP. It's more that a few devs use XP as a dev machine, which VS2012 does not run on.
But like oxan said, it will be switched at some time.

 

[tourettes]

Surprised about the license issue for VS2012.

Problem is not only VS2012 or XP for using MP. It's more that a few devs use XP as a dev machine, which VS2012 does not run on.
But like oxan said, it will be switched at some time.

Plugins (like Resharper) wont work with the Express edition. Also C++ side requires extra hacks to compile on Express edition.