It looks like Microsoft doesn't actually increment the assembly version at all for the .NET Fx. mscorlib in my GAC is 2.0.0.0, and System.Core is 3.5.0.0, so 3.5 or 3.5SP1 didn't change any versions even though they had red bits. If I had 1.0 or 1.1 of the Fx installed I would have those ones too.
On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 8:33 AM, John Simons <[email protected]>wrote: > @Simone, Does it really matter what MS does? > > On Feb 13, 11:35 pm, SimoneB <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is this how MS versions core assemblies like System.dll though .net fx > > releases? > > > > On Feb 13, 7:38 am, John Simons <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > There has been a few threads about people not being able to easily > > > (without having to recompile the whole thing) swap assemblies with the > > > latest ones. > http://groups.google.com/group/castle-project-devel/browse_thread/thr... > > > > > Jono, proposed the following: > > > "So maybe the alternative is to not increment the assembly version but > > > the > > > file version for hotfix/patch releases (i.e. 2.0.1, 2.0.2). Which > > > means that > > > you could just drop in a patch release without worrying about updating > > > dependant libraries, this then ensures the user is using compatible > > > versions > > > and allows us to fix bugs that don't break public interfaces." > > > > > Which I think is a good idea. +1 > > > > > What does everyone else think about this? > > > > > Cheers > > > John > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Castle Project Development List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<castle-project-devel%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/castle-project-devel?hl=en. > > -- Jono -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Castle Project Development List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/castle-project-devel?hl=en.
