microsoft / microsoft/VFSForGit
Update .NET Framework projects to use PackageReference rather than packages.config
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affects: engineering
platform: macOS
- Dominant language
- C#
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Description
Use PackageReferences in all projects, to avoid mixing the two patterns.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Locate all .NET Framework project files and their packages.config files to determine the full migration scope. Replace the mixed package-management pattern with PackageReferences across the projects, then verify that the affected projects restore and build successfully.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100