.NET Framework targeting pack NuGet packages are missing net35 target framework

net35 is a legit target framework for .NET projects, but projects that target that framework can’t build off Windows even when referencing the Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies package.

[jnm2]

Because net35 is still in support and net40 and net20 are not, and the Microsoft.NETFramework targeting pack includes net20 and net40 but not net35, and because I’m familiar with the pain of not having the choice to stop supporting net35, I created a community package to go along with these:

https://www.nuget.org/packages/jnm2.ReferenceAssemblies.net35

There doesn’t seem to be any technical limitation distinguishing this package from the Microsoft packages, and my integration tests show this working fine:

Example.csproj

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFrameworks>net35;net40;netstandard2.0;netcoreapp3.0</TargetFrameworks>
  </PropertyGroup>
  
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies" Version="1.0.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="jnm2.ReferenceAssemblies.net35" Version="1.0.0" />
  </ItemGroup>

</Project>

ClassUsingSystemLinq.cs

using System.Linq;

public class ClassUsingSystemLinq
{
    public ClassUsingSystemLinq()
    {
        Enumerable.Empty<int>();
    }
}

This solves the problem of having to use VSWhere to find MSBuild when compiling for net35 on Windows and the problem of having to use Mono’s MSBuild when compiling for net35 on macOS and Linux. dotnet build all the way. Here’s to less infrastructure fighting. Happy coding!

[jnm2]

ℹ 1.0.0 of https://www.nuget.org/packages/jnm2.ReferenceAssemblies.net35 is up, mirroring the changes made in Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies 1.0.0.