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by FubarCoder 3692 days ago
The main feature - for me - was the ability to use the same project.json to compile a project for multiple frameworks. Sad to see, that they ditch project.json - especially after the overhaul one or two weeks ago, which was a necessary cleanup. How will they be able to release the rc2 on May, 16th, week they change a critical part of the build chain again? Does this mean, that they are ditching dotnet CLI too?
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AlexC04 3692 days ago
No, dotnet CLI is coming along for sure.

I was watching the community stand-up on Tuesday where Scott Hanselman and Damien Edwards discussed the reasoning in a little more detail.

They were pretty clear that they wanted to make sure they adapted and kept all the things they liked about project.json

And then rattled off a list.

I'm sure the single-file for multiple frameworks would be on the list of things they want to keep.

The shift to CSPROJ for them actually sounded (relatively) simple.

The current project.json becomes a PropertyGroup and they put everything inside that.

So they switch the mustaches for triangle brackets, but they did mention wanting to keep it "light weight"

I also know that Damien said something to the effect of "we loved project.json probably MORE than many members of the community, but the choice had to be made"

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