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Romfos 09f094c811 [dotnet, csharp] Run tests for supported platforms .NET 6, .NET Framework 4.6.2 (#12378)
What's changed?
- Update some nuget packages (for test projects)
- Run unit tests for supported platforms: .NET 6 + .NET Framework 4.6.2

Notes:
.NET Framework 4.6.1 is out of support, .NET Framework 4.6.2 is the older version that is still supported
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/net-framework-4-5-2-4-6-4-6-1-will-reach-end-of-support-on-april-26-2022/

.NET 5 is out of support
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotnet-5-end-of-support-update/

.NET Core 3.1 is out of support
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/net-core-3-1-will-reach-end-of-support-on-december-13-2022/

Visual studio 2012 is out of support
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/support-ends-for-older-versions-of-visual-studio-feb2022

Closes #12378

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appveyor.bat [dotnet, csharp] Run tests for supported platforms .NET 6, .NET Framework 4.6.2 (#12378) 2023-04-10 13:28:23 -07:00
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README.md

Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format

Copyright 2008 Google Inc.

Overview

Protocol Buffers (a.k.a., protobuf) are Google's language-neutral, platform-neutral, extensible mechanism for serializing structured data. You can learn more about it in protobuf's documentation.

This README file contains protobuf installation instructions. To install protobuf, you need to install the protocol compiler (used to compile .proto files) and the protobuf runtime for your chosen programming language.

Protocol Compiler Installation

The protocol compiler is written in C++. If you are using C++, please follow the C++ Installation Instructions to install protoc along with the C++ runtime.

For non-C++ users, the simplest way to install the protocol compiler is to download a pre-built binary from our GitHub release page.

In the downloads section of each release, you can find pre-built binaries in zip packages: protoc-$VERSION-$PLATFORM.zip. It contains the protoc binary as well as a set of standard .proto files distributed along with protobuf.

If you are looking for an old version that is not available in the release page, check out the Maven repository.

These pre-built binaries are only provided for released versions. If you want to use the github main version at HEAD, or you need to modify protobuf code, or you are using C++, it's recommended to build your own protoc binary from source.

If you would like to build protoc binary from source, see the C++ Installation Instructions.

Protobuf Runtime Installation

Protobuf supports several different programming languages. For each programming language, you can find instructions in the corresponding source directory about how to install protobuf runtime for that specific language:

Language Source
C++ (include C++ runtime and protoc) src
Java java
Python python
Objective-C objectivec
C# csharp
Ruby ruby
Go protocolbuffers/protobuf-go
PHP php
Dart dart-lang/protobuf
Javascript protocolbuffers/protobuf-javascript

Quick Start

The best way to learn how to use protobuf is to follow the tutorials in our developer guide.

If you want to learn from code examples, take a look at the examples in the examples directory.

Documentation

The complete documentation is available at the Protocol Buffers doc site.

Support Policy

Read about our version support policy to stay current on support timeframes for the language libraries.

Developer Community

To be alerted to upcoming changes in Protocol Buffers and connect with protobuf developers and users, join the Google Group.