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Use the netstandard2.0 build of Ably.PubSub.Server on .NET Framework - #1381
Ably.PubSub.Server shipped a separate lib/net46 asset, built from the old-style src/Ably.PubSub.Server.NETFramework project. It was added only to mirror the core's .NET Framework head. There was no functional reason for it. Ably.PubSub.Device has never had one: a .NET Framework app gets Device's netstandard2.0 asset together with Core's net46 asset, and the package-consumption test runs that pairing on every PR.
This PR gives Server the same layout as Device. That removes one legacy packages.config project, its lack of SourceLink, and a second compile of PubSubServer.cs. It is a step towards the TFM alignment proposed in #1374.
Evidence that the netstandard2.0 Server works on the net46 Core
No .NET Framework-specific code in Server.PubSubServer.cs and the shared Side.cs contain no #if and no platform code. The removed project compiled exactly the same sources (CommonAssemblyInfo.cs, Side.cs, PubSubServer.cs), plus an AssemblyInfo.cs that only sets the title, description, COM GUID and ComVisible(false). Its signing was the same Package-only signing with Ably.PubSub.snk.
The net46 Core grants Server access to its internals.src/Ably.PubSub.Core.NETFramework/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs already has InternalsVisibleTo("Ably.PubSub.Server") in both forms: keyless outside Package builds, and keyed in Package builds with the same public key as the SDK-style Core. Device needed this grant to work on .NET Framework, and it was missing until recently. For Server it is already in place.
Same Core surface. Server touches only ClientOptions (its constructors, Clone() and Agents) and the internal PubSubRealtimeClient(ClientOptions) and PubSubHttpClient(ClientOptions) constructors. Device uses the same members through the same Side.cs, and none of them are under #if in Ably.PubSub.Shared.
The agent header is unchanged. The runtime and OS tokens (dotnet-framework/...) come from the net46 Core's Platform. Server adds only the ably-pubsub-server constant. Which Server asset is loaded makes no difference to the header.
The .NET Framework test head (Ably.PubSub.Tests.NETFramework) never referenced the Server project, so no unit-test coverage is lost.
What changed
Removed src/Ably.PubSub.Server.NETFramework and its entries in Ably.PubSub.sln, Ably.PubSub.Package.sln and Ably.PubSub.NetFramework.sln.
nuget/ably.pubsub.server.nuspec: dropped the net46 dependency group and the lib\net46 files. It now has the same structure as the Device nuspec.
cake-build/tasks/package-consumption.cake: the ServerAppnet462/net48 rows now expect Server lib/netstandard2.0 with Core lib/net46, as the DeviceApp rows do.
cake-build/tasks/package.cake (_Package_Verify_NuGet): fails if a door .nupkg contains lib/net46/ or a .NET Framework dependency group.
PackagingSpecs: a new test asserts that both door nuspecs ship exactly netstandard2.0, net6.0 and net7.0, in their lib folders and in their dependency groups.
tests/PackageConsumption/ServerApp/Program.cs: also constructs a client through PubSubServer.CreateHttpClient(string), offline. No other check covered that overload.
Docs and comments: CONTRIBUTING.md (working from source), cake-build/README.md, the package.yml comment, and comments in the Core.NETFramework AssemblyInfo.cs and the Server csproj.
User impact
None expected. The supported platforms are the same: .NET Framework 4.6.2+ is still supported, and README.md doesn't change. A .NET Framework app that upgrades will resolve Server's netstandard2.0 asset instead of net46, against the same net46 Core. The public API, the agent header and the signing are unchanged.
Microsoft notes that using .NET Standard 2.0 from .NET Framework had issues that were fixed in 4.7.2. Device already accepts that for 4.6.2–4.7.1. Server's own code adds nothing to it: it uses no APIs beyond System, ClientOptions and the clients, and everything else runs in the net46 Core as before.
./build.sh -- --target=Test.PackageConsumption --version=2.0.0-local.1: all 8 cases pass. ServerApp on net462 and net48 resolves Server lib/netstandard2.0 with Core lib/net46, both signed (PublicKeyToken 70c9e5c3d2c68b16). It creates realtime and HTTP clients through PubSubServer, runs a channel lookup, REST requests and a realtime connection attempt, and checks the ably-pubsub-server agent.
The packed Ably.PubSub.Server has lib/netstandard2.0, lib/net6.0 and lib/net7.0 and the matching three dependency groups, and no net46.
Package.Verify passes on those packages, and fails on a copy of the Server nupkg with a lib/net46/ entry added.
Mono doesn't enforce strong-name and binding rules the way the .NET Framework CLR does. The Test.PackageConsumption step in the Windows (NetFramework) workflow is the authoritative check for the net462/net48 pairing.
Overlap with the DeltaCodec PR
build/netframework-merge-deltacodec also touches cake-build/tasks/package.cake and cake-build/tasks/package-consumption.cake. The edits here are kept small so either PR can be rebased over the other:
package-consumption.cake: two ServerApp matrix rows and one comment line.
package.cake: one block in the .nupkg read loop of VerifyPackedNuGetPackages, and one check in its dependency-group loop.
This PR doesn't touch nuget/ably.pubsub.core.nuspec, UPDATING.md or tests/PackageConsumption/Shared/ConsumptionChecks.cs.
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Package Compatibility
.NET Framework applications can use the Server package’s .NET Standard 2.0 asset alongside the Core package’s .NET Framework asset.
The Server package no longer includes a .NET Framework asset. Its .NET Standard 2.0, .NET 6, and .NET 7 assets remain available.
Documentation
Updated package and source instructions to reflect the supported project references and framework asset combinations.
Remove the old-style Ably.PubSub.Server.NETFramework project and the
lib/net46 asset and dependency group it fed into the Server package. A
.NET Framework app now gets Server's netstandard2.0 asset with Core's
net46 asset, the same pairing Ably.PubSub.Device already uses. The net46
core already grants Ably.PubSub.Server InternalsVisibleTo (keyless and
keyed), and Server compiles the same sources with no platform-specific
code, so nothing else changes.
- Drop the project from the three solutions and the nuspec.
- Package consumption: the ServerApp net462/net48 rows now expect Server
lib/netstandard2.0 with Core lib/net46; ServerApp also constructs a
client through the CreateHttpClient(string) overload, offline.
- _Package_Verify_NuGet fails if a door package contains lib/net46 or a
.NET Framework dependency group; PackagingSpecs asserts both door
nuspecs ship exactly netstandard2.0, net6.0 and net7.0.
- Update CONTRIBUTING.md, cake-build/README.md and related comments.
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Review comments at @CONTRIBUTING.md:
- Line 27: Update the setup steps in CONTRIBUTING.md near the server-app
project-reference instruction to state that consuming apps using packages.config
must also install Newtonsoft.Json 13.0.1 directly, since referencing the SDK
projects does not add Core’s PackageReference dependencies to packages.config
projects.
- Line 27: Update DetectPlatformRuntime in Platform.cs to identify .NET
Framework from RuntimeInformation.FrameworkDescription and return
Agent.PlatformRuntime.Framework before the Netstandard20 fallback; preserve the
existing runtime mappings for other frameworks.
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The Server package no longer contains a net46 asset, and the separate .NET Framework Server project has been removed. Package validation, consumption checks, project comments, and documentation now describe using the Server netstandard2.0 asset with the Core net46 asset for .NET Framework applications.
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Remove the Server .NET Framework package head nuget/ably.pubsub.server.nuspec, src/Ably.PubSub.Server.NETFramework/*, src/Ably.PubSub.*.sln, src/Ably.PubSub.Core.NETFramework/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs, src/Ably.PubSub.Server/Ably.PubSub.Server.csproj, src/Ably.PubSub.Tests.DotNET/Ably.PubSub.Tests.DotNET.csproj, src/Ably.PubSub.Tests.Shared/CoreDoorAccessTests.cs
The Server package no longer includes net46 files or a net46 dependency group. The separate .NET Framework Server project and its solution entries are removed. Project and test comments describe the remaining asset pairing.
Validate package targets and consumption cake-build/tasks/package.cake, cake-build/tasks/package-consumption.cake, src/Ably.PubSub.Tests.DotNET/PubSub/PackagingSpecs.cs, tests/PackageConsumption/ServerApp/Program.cs
Package verification rejects .NET Framework assets and dependency groups in non-core packages. The Server consumption matrix and packaging test check the updated targets. The Server app test checks HTTP client creation before running shared consumption checks.
Update package and project guidance .github/workflows/package.yml, CONTRIBUTING.md, cake-build/README.md
The workflow note, source instructions, and packaging guide describe the Core-only net46 asset and the Server netstandard2.0 asset pairing for .NET Framework applications.
Issue 1374 proposes a target-framework cleanup that overlaps with this PR’s removal of the Server net46 asset. The issue’s broader proposed changes are not completed here.
Issue 1377 concerns package validation, which this PR adds; it does not add publishing automation described by the issue.
ably/ably-pubsub-dotnet#1373: Adds the consumption matrix and package tests whose Server expectations this PR changes.
ably/ably-pubsub-dotnet#1372: Documents .NET Framework server project selection, which this PR changes to use the shared Server project.
Suggested reviewers: umair-ably, ttypic
Merge Risk: Low · up to a645f
The package layout change is sound for NuGet consumers. Developers who build from source on .NET Framework may send a different agent identifier. Apps that use packages.config also need Newtonsoft.Json added by hand. Both are small, bounded follow-ups that do not block merge.
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A rabbit checks the package trail, No Server net46 leaves the vale. Core keeps its net46 in view, Server brings netstandard2.0. The tests hop through the frameworks, too.
6. Add the projects for the side your code runs on. The client constructors are internal, so clients are created through the door's `PubSubServer` or `PubSubDevice` factories.
- A server app on .NET Framework: add ably-pubsub-dotnet\src\Ably.PubSub.Core.NETFramework\Ably.PubSub.Core.NETFramework.csproj and ably-pubsub-dotnet\src\Ably.PubSub.Server.NETFramework\Ably.PubSub.Server.NETFramework.csproj.
- Any other server app: add ably-pubsub-dotnet\src\Ably.PubSub.Core\Ably.PubSub.Core.csproj and ably-pubsub-dotnet\src\Ably.PubSub.Server\Ably.PubSub.Server.csproj.
- A server app, on any target framework including .NET Framework: add ably-pubsub-dotnet\src\Ably.PubSub.Core\Ably.PubSub.Core.csproj and ably-pubsub-dotnet\src\Ably.PubSub.Server\Ably.PubSub.Server.csproj.
Document the Newtonsoft.Json step for packages.config apps.
The SDK-style Core project declares Newtonsoft.Json, and the SDK code uses it. A .NET Framework app that uses packages.config does not receive that package through a project reference. Without the package, the SDK can fail when it first loads Newtonsoft types. The setup steps do not mention this requirement.
📝 Suggested documentation change
--- "a/CONTRIBUTING.md"+++ "b/CONTRIBUTING.md"@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
4. Select Add > Existing Project from the context menu
5. Browse to the ably-pubsub-dotnet repository and add ably-pubsub-dotnet\src\Ably.PubSub.Shared\Ably.PubSub.Shared.shproj
6. Add the projects for the side your code runs on. The client constructors are internal, so clients are created through the door's `PubSubServer` or `PubSubDevice` factories.
- A server app, on any target framework including .NET Framework: add ably-pubsub-dotnet\src\Ably.PubSub.Core\Ably.PubSub.Core.csproj and ably-pubsub-dotnet\src\Ably.PubSub.Server\Ably.PubSub.Server.csproj.
+ - If the consuming app uses `packages.config`, also install `Newtonsoft.Json` 13.0.1 in that app. Project references do not add Core's `PackageReference` dependencies to `packages.config` projects.
- A device app, on any target framework including .NET Framework: add ably-pubsub-dotnet\src\Ably.PubSub.Core\Ably.PubSub.Core.csproj and ably-pubsub-dotnet\src\Ably.PubSub.Device\Ably.PubSub.Device.csproj.
7. In any project that you want to use the SDK in, you need to add a project reference to the door project, to do so:
1. Find your project in Solution Explorer and expand the tree so that the Dependencies node is visible
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Review the replacement and indentation, then test before committing.
Suggested change
- A server app, on any target framework including .NET Framework: add ably-pubsub-dotnet\src\Ably.PubSub.Core\Ably.PubSub.Core.csproj and ably-pubsub-dotnet\src\Ably.PubSub.Server\Ably.PubSub.Server.csproj.
- A server app, on any target framework including .NET Framework: add ably-pubsub-dotnet\src\Ably.PubSub.Core\Ably.PubSub.Core.csproj and ably-pubsub-dotnet\src\Ably.PubSub.Server\Ably.PubSub.Server.csproj.
- If the consuming app uses `packages.config`, also install `Newtonsoft.Json` 13.0.1 in that app. Project references do not add Core's `PackageReference` dependencies to `packages.config` projects.
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Review comment at @CONTRIBUTING.md at line 27:
Update the setup steps in CONTRIBUTING.md near the server-app project-reference
instruction to state that consuming apps using packages.config must also install
Newtonsoft.Json 13.0.1 directly, since referencing the SDK projects does not add
Core’s PackageReference dependencies to packages.config projects.
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Supported by static analysis
Script executed:
rg -n 'Netstandard20|DetectPlatformRuntime|dotnet-framework|dotnet-standard|NETFRAMEWORK|RuntimeInformation' src --glob '*.cs'| head -60
sed -n '1,120p' src/Ably.PubSub.Core/Platform.cs
Repository: ably/ably-pubsub-dotnet
Length of output: 5021
Script executed:
set -o pipefail
printf'%s\n''--- Agent.cs relevant block ---'
nl -ba src/Ably.PubSub.Shared/Agent.cs | sed -n '1,110p'printf'%s\n''--- current project files ---'forfin src/Ably.PubSub.Core/Ably.PubSub.Core.csproj src/Ably.PubSub.Core.NETFramework/Ably.PubSub.Core.NETFramework.csproj src/Ably.PubSub.Server/Ably.PubSub.Server.csproj src/Ably.PubSub.Server.NETFramework/Ably.PubSub.Server.NETFramework.csproj;doiftest -f "$f";thenecho"### $f"; nl -ba "$f";elseecho"### $f (absent)";fidoneprintf'%s\n''--- base Core.NETFramework files and current/base Platform files ---'
git show 3d64a68d449eb19557f82f622a02456f07a90c2f:src/Ably.PubSub.Core.NETFramework/Platform.cs 2>&1||true
git show 3d64a68d449eb19557f82f622a02456f07a90c2f:src/Ably.PubSub.Core.NETFramework/Ably.PubSub.Core.NETFramework.csproj 2>&1||trueprintf'%s\n''--- CONTRIBUTING diff ---'
git diff --unified=30 3d64a68d449eb19557f82f622a02456f07a90c2f a645f0b58b0b0a43350f556587c39a3dfbdb6c95 -- CONTRIBUTING.md
printf'%s\n''--- relevant diff and history status ---'
git diff --unified=20 3d64a68d449eb19557f82f622a02456f07a90c2f a645f0b58b0b0a43350f556587c39a3dfbdb6c95 -- src/Ably.PubSub.Core/Platform.cs src/Ably.PubSub.Shared/Agent.cs src/Ably.PubSub.Core.NETFramework src/Ably.PubSub.Server.NETFramework
git show 3d64a68d449eb19557f82f622a02456f07a90c2f:src/Ably.PubSub.Core.NETFramework/Platform.cs
printf'\n--- base project ---\n'
git show 3d64a68d449eb19557f82f622a02456f07a90c2f:src/Ably.PubSub.Core.NETFramework/Ably.PubSub.Core.NETFramework.csproj
printf'\n--- current Agent ---\n'
nl -ba src/Ably.PubSub.Shared/Agent.cs | sed -n '1,105p'printf'\n--- docs diff ---\n'
git diff --unified=12 3d64a68d449eb19557f82f622a02456f07a90c2f a645f0b58b0b0a43350f556587c39a3dfbdb6c95 -- CONTRIBUTING.md
printf'\n--- relevant PR diff ---\n'
git diff --unified=12 3d64a68d449eb19557f82f622a02456f07a90c2f a645f0b58b0b0a43350f556587c39a3dfbdb6c95 -- src/Ably.PubSub.Core/Platform.cs src/Ably.PubSub.Shared/Agent.cs src/Ably.PubSub.Core.NETFramework src/Ably.PubSub.Server.NETFramework
Repository: ably/ably-pubsub-dotnet
Length of output: 27356
Preserve the .NET Framework agent identifier for source builds.
When the SDK-style Core project runs on .NET Framework, DetectPlatformRuntime falls back to Netstandard20. Agent.cs then emits dotnet-standard instead of the existing dotnet-framework identifier. Recognize the .NET Framework runtime in Platform.cs.
Suggested fix
var frameworkDescription = RuntimeInformation.FrameworkDescription;
- if (frameworkDescription.StartsWith(".NET 6.", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))+ if (frameworkDescription.StartsWith(".NET Framework", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))+ {+ platformId = Agent.PlatformRuntime.Framework;+ }+ else if (frameworkDescription.StartsWith(".NET 6.", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
{
platformId = Agent.PlatformRuntime.Net6;
}
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Review comment at @CONTRIBUTING.md at line 27:
Update DetectPlatformRuntime in Platform.cs to identify .NET Framework from
RuntimeInformation.FrameworkDescription and return
Agent.PlatformRuntime.Framework before the Netstandard20 fallback; preserve the
existing runtime mappings for other frameworks.
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Why
Ably.PubSub.Servershipped a separatelib/net46asset, built from the old-stylesrc/Ably.PubSub.Server.NETFrameworkproject. It was added only to mirror the core's .NET Framework head. There was no functional reason for it.Ably.PubSub.Devicehas never had one: a .NET Framework app gets Device'snetstandard2.0asset together with Core'snet46asset, and the package-consumption test runs that pairing on every PR.This PR gives Server the same layout as Device. That removes one legacy
packages.configproject, its lack of SourceLink, and a second compile ofPubSubServer.cs. It is a step towards the TFM alignment proposed in #1374.Evidence that the netstandard2.0 Server works on the net46 Core
PubSubServer.csand the sharedSide.cscontain no#ifand no platform code. The removed project compiled exactly the same sources (CommonAssemblyInfo.cs,Side.cs,PubSubServer.cs), plus anAssemblyInfo.csthat only sets the title, description, COM GUID andComVisible(false). Its signing was the same Package-only signing withAbly.PubSub.snk.src/Ably.PubSub.Core.NETFramework/Properties/AssemblyInfo.csalready hasInternalsVisibleTo("Ably.PubSub.Server")in both forms: keyless outside Package builds, and keyed in Package builds with the same public key as the SDK-style Core. Device needed this grant to work on .NET Framework, and it was missing until recently. For Server it is already in place.ClientOptions(its constructors,Clone()andAgents) and the internalPubSubRealtimeClient(ClientOptions)andPubSubHttpClient(ClientOptions)constructors. Device uses the same members through the sameSide.cs, and none of them are under#ifinAbly.PubSub.Shared.dotnet-framework/...) come from the net46 Core'sPlatform. Server adds only theably-pubsub-serverconstant. Which Server asset is loaded makes no difference to the header.Ably.PubSub.Tests.NETFramework) never referenced the Server project, so no unit-test coverage is lost.What changed
src/Ably.PubSub.Server.NETFrameworkand its entries inAbly.PubSub.sln,Ably.PubSub.Package.slnandAbly.PubSub.NetFramework.sln.nuget/ably.pubsub.server.nuspec: dropped thenet46dependency group and thelib\net46files. It now has the same structure as the Device nuspec.cake-build/tasks/package-consumption.cake: theServerAppnet462/net48rows now expect Serverlib/netstandard2.0with Corelib/net46, as theDeviceApprows do.cake-build/tasks/package.cake(_Package_Verify_NuGet): fails if a door.nupkgcontainslib/net46/or a .NET Framework dependency group.PackagingSpecs: a new test asserts that both door nuspecs ship exactlynetstandard2.0,net6.0andnet7.0, in theirlibfolders and in their dependency groups.tests/PackageConsumption/ServerApp/Program.cs: also constructs a client throughPubSubServer.CreateHttpClient(string), offline. No other check covered that overload.CONTRIBUTING.md(working from source),cake-build/README.md, thepackage.ymlcomment, and comments in the Core.NETFrameworkAssemblyInfo.csand the Server csproj.User impact
None expected. The supported platforms are the same: .NET Framework 4.6.2+ is still supported, and
README.mddoesn't change. A .NET Framework app that upgrades will resolve Server'snetstandard2.0asset instead ofnet46, against the samenet46Core. The public API, the agent header and the signing are unchanged.Microsoft notes that using .NET Standard 2.0 from .NET Framework had issues that were fixed in 4.7.2. Device already accepts that for 4.6.2–4.7.1. Server's own code adds nothing to it: it uses no APIs beyond
System,ClientOptionsand the clients, and everything else runs in the net46 Core as before.Tests and validation
All run locally on macOS with Mono 6.12:
./build.sh --target=Build.NetStandard: 0 warnings, 0 errors../build.sh --target=Build.NetFramework(Mono MSBuild): succeeds../build.sh -- --target=Test.PackageConsumption --version=2.0.0-local.1: all 8 cases pass.ServerAppon net462 and net48 resolves Serverlib/netstandard2.0with Corelib/net46, both signed (PublicKeyToken70c9e5c3d2c68b16). It creates realtime and HTTP clients throughPubSubServer, runs a channel lookup, REST requests and a realtime connection attempt, and checks theably-pubsub-serveragent.Ably.PubSub.Serverhaslib/netstandard2.0,lib/net6.0andlib/net7.0and the matching three dependency groups, and nonet46.Package.Verifypasses on those packages, and fails on a copy of the Server nupkg with alib/net46/entry added../build.sh --target=Test.NetStandard.Unit.WithRetry --framework=net6.0: 1538 passed, 19 skipped, 0 failed.Mono doesn't enforce strong-name and binding rules the way the .NET Framework CLR does. The
Test.PackageConsumptionstep in the Windows (NetFramework) workflow is the authoritative check for the net462/net48 pairing.Overlap with the DeltaCodec PR
build/netframework-merge-deltacodecalso touchescake-build/tasks/package.cakeandcake-build/tasks/package-consumption.cake. The edits here are kept small so either PR can be rebased over the other:package-consumption.cake: twoServerAppmatrix rows and one comment line.package.cake: one block in the.nupkgread loop ofVerifyPackedNuGetPackages, and one check in its dependency-group loop.This PR doesn't touch
nuget/ably.pubsub.core.nuspec,UPDATING.mdortests/PackageConsumption/Shared/ConsumptionChecks.cs.Summary by CodeRabbit
Package Compatibility
Documentation