Migrate to .NET Core

[cesarsouza]

It is currently quite hard to keep maintaining the project for multiple .NET Framework versions (the project supports even .NET 3.5, Mono and Unity), and .NET Core/Standard versions.

The project should completely migrate to .NET Standard (specially now that Windows Forms are supported in .NET Core 3.1), and drop support for all other frameworks.

Maybe we could keep the previous version in a branch and update it whenever there is a real need.

[Omsaaf]

Hi,
I appreciate your project and would like to know how I could be of help.
I am a senior programmer and would not mind making a contribution to your repository
Are there any priorities in the migration effort you are wanting to perform ?
Best

[cesarsouza]

Hi @Omsaaf,

Thanks a lot for the proposal! Yes, help would be welcome. I've currently posted a roadmap at #2123

Regards,
Cesar

[sharpSteff]

Hi @cesarsouza,
I have a .NET Standard (2.1)/.NET Framework 4.7 - compatible version of the Accord.Framework on my fork:
https://github.com/sharpSteff/framework/tree/dotnetcore3_1

Feel free to take it as an inspiration for the major release of Accord