Feature: Update Project to .NET 8 or 9 Due to .NET 6.0 End of Life

[ricoroodenburg]

The project currently targets .NET 6.0, which is now end-of-life as per the official Microsoft support policy: Microsoft .NET Support Policy. To ensure long-term support, security, and compatibility, the project should be updated to .NET 8 or 9.

[amadeo-alex]

Fair point, I'll make it a 2.2 deliverable.

[ricoroodenburg]

If I can help you with testing, please let me know!

[ricoroodenburg]

Do you happen to know when it will be released? I understand that it's open source, so there might not be a fixed deadline. I'm really grateful for your help!

[DyadicOne]

Hi! Literally just made a GitHub account because of this awesome integration (thanks for your work in advancing it!). I'm eager to install, but waiting for the .NET 8/9 update before doing so. Do you have a vague guestimate re. when this might be released?

Thanks.

[amadeo-alex]

I still have additional checks to do but looks it was as simple as just changing the target framework version - if so it'll be part of 2.2.0-beta1.

[ricoroodenburg]

I still have additional checks to do but looks it was as simple as just changing the target framework version - if so it'll be part of 2.2.0-beta1.

Sounds good!

[DyadicOne]

I still have additional checks to do but looks it was as simple as just changing the target framework version - if so it'll be part of 2.2.0-beta1.

Legend!! Thanks for jumping on this - appreciated :)

Please forgive a silly question: I've never used GitHub before, what is a beta-1 release? Does it replace the current main download, or will I need to go somewhere else to get it? Is there a way for me to be alerted when it is available? Again, apologies for newcomer basic questions!

[amadeo-alex]

That usually depends mostly on a project-project basis but for HASS.Agent "betaX" releases are the ones that are not available by default.
They do show in https://github.com/hass-agent/HASS.Agent/releases but have the "Pre-release" badge. Same applies for the app itself, it'll only show "beta update available notification" if that option is selected in the configuration.

The beta releases are basically versions with new features/bug fixes that might be a bit unstable due to the recent changes. Usually nothing gamebreaking but a new "bug" might sneak in while fixing the original one for example. Doing betas allows ppl impacted with a bug to have the fix early.

The numbers after "beta" are just iterations of beta versions - for example for 2.1.1 version (which a bugfix release for 2.1.0) we are currently at beta3.

[DyadicOne]

Awesome, thanks for taking the time to explain - greatly appreciated!

I'm looking forward to 2.2.0-beta1 :)