Prepare for 5.3.0-preview1

[wtgodbe]

I didn't find anything in this repo that seems to correspond to package version label (servicing, rtm, preview, etc) - I believe that's all on the TFS side since that's where we do packing. @dougbu can you confirm?

[dougbu]

This is insufficient because it doesn't bump the System.Net.Http.Formatting.dll assembly version. Main change likely in src/CommonAssemblyInfo.cs

[dougbu]

I didn't find anything in this repo that seems to correspond to package version label (servicing, rtm, preview, etc) - I believe that's all on the TFS side since that's where we do packing. @dougbu can you confirm?

Probably worth updating https://github.com/aspnet/AspNetWebStack/blob/main/src/WebApiHelpPage/WebApiHelpPage.nuspec and https://github.com/aspnet/AspNetWebStack/blob/main/src/WebApiHelpPage/VB/WebApiHelpPage.VB.nuspec. Not great we ignored those files since 5.1.0-alpha-0, even though the inconsistency is mainly about confusion w.r.t. the packages eventually shipped.

[dougbu]

Note as well that those labels don't show up in assembly versions

[wtgodbe]

This is insufficient because it doesn't bump the System.Net.Http.Formatting.dll assembly version. Main change likely in src/CommonAssemblyInfo.cs

I already changed src/CommonAssemblyInfo.cs - I don't see anything in the System.Net.Http.Formatting folder looks like it's setting an AssemblyVersion, am I missing something?

Probably worth updating https://github.com/aspnet/AspNetWebStack/blob/main/src/WebApiHelpPage/WebApiHelpPage.nuspec and https://github.com/aspnet/AspNetWebStack/blob/main/src/WebApiHelpPage/VB/WebApiHelpPage.VB.nuspec. Not great we ignored those files since 5.1.0-alpha-0, even though the inconsistency is mainly about confusion w.r.t. the packages eventually shipped.

Those versions haven't been touched in 10 years - are you sure we should be updating them now?

[dougbu]

I already changed src/CommonAssemblyInfo.cs - I don't see anything in the System.Net.Http.Formatting folder looks like it's setting an AssemblyVersion, am I missing something?

Note CommonAssemblyInfo.cs keys off defines like ASPNETWEBPAGES to choose between different assembly versions. Need a new define for the three System.Net.Http.Formatting*.csproj files and a specific 6.0.0.0 in CommonAssemblyInfo.cs. Will also need to adjust the "more than one of" and "must define" error text.

I believe the same defines are used when building from the TFS (Tooling) repo.

are you sure we should be updating them now?

Yes, it was an oversight I noticed ages ago but kept forgetting. We just redid whatever we'd done before w/o stepping back enough to see what we were missing. Even if the versions were wildly incorrect, we're reducing confusion / inconsistency here.

[wtgodbe]

Note CommonAssemblyInfo.cs keys off defines like ASPNETWEBPAGES to choose between different assembly versions. Need a new define for the three System.Net.Http.Formatting*.csproj files and a specific 6.0.0.0 in CommonAssemblyInfo.cs. Will also need to adjust the "more than one of" and "must define" error text.

The three System.Net.Http.Formatting projects already define ASPNETMVC - are you saying they should instead define something like ASPNETHTTPFORMATTING which gets 5.3.0.0, while ASPNETMVC stays at 5.2.9.0?

and a specific 6.0.0.0 in CommonAssemblyInfo.cs

It's not clear to me what you mean by this, could you elaborate? What should that apply to?

Yes, it was an oversight I noticed ages ago but kept forgetting. We just redid whatever we'd done before w/o stepping back enough to see what we were missing. Even if the versions were wildly incorrect, we're reducing confusion / inconsistency here.

Ok, I'll update that with my next commit

[dougbu]

Note CommonAssemblyInfo.cs keys off defines like ASPNETWEBPAGES to choose between different assembly versions. Need a new define for the three System.Net.Http.Formatting*.csproj files and a specific 6.0.0.0 in CommonAssemblyInfo.cs. Will also need to adjust the "more than one of" and "must define" error text.

The three System.Net.Http.Formatting projects already define ASPNETMVC - are you saying they should instead define something like ASPNETHTTPFORMATTING which gets 5.3.0.0, while ASPNETMVC stays at 5.2.9.0?

Sort of. ASPNETHTTPFORMATTING sounds fine but that should use 6.0.0.0 (a major version bump because those assemblies are changing a lot) while ASPNETMVC just changes its minor version i.e, moves from 5.2.9.0 to 5.3.0.0.

and a specific 6.0.0.0 in CommonAssemblyInfo.cs

It's not clear to me what you mean by this, could you elaborate? What should that apply to?

Sorry. I was just trying to separate adding the define (in the projects) from using it (in the C# file).

[wtgodbe]

Updated

[dougbu]

😁