Commented by: Michał Ziemski (r_o_o_k)

As the NET Core 1.0 is officially out I set out to try to get FbClient to compile as netstandard1.6

I was able to compile a working client in ~1 hour by excluding some parts:
- Entity
- Schema
- Services
- Events

Possibly the last two could have been saved :)

Project.json I used:

{
"version": "1.0.0-*",

"buildOptions": \{ "allowUnsafe": true \},

"dependencies": {
"NETStandard.Library": "1.6.0",
"System.Data.Common": "4.1.0",
"System.ComponentModel.Primitives": "4.1.0",
"System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter": "4.1.0",
"System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters": "4.0.0-rc3-24212-01",
"System.Diagnostics.Contracts": "4.0.1",
"System.Diagnostics.TraceSource": "4.0.0",
"System.Linq": "4.1.0",
"System.Linq.Parallel": "4.0.1",
"System.IO.UnmanagedMemoryStream": "4.0.1",
"System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel": "4.0.1",
"System.Net.NameResolution": "4.0.0"
},

"frameworks": {
"netstandard1.6": {
}
}
}

After the dependencies are there the rest of the process was reacting to changes in API in Core (rather straightforward
with a few more demandig cases).
Notable Examples:
- there is no Encoding.Default
- streams now Dispose rather than Close
- ToUpper/ToLower don't take a CultreInfo parameter (migh possibly be replaced by ToUpperInvariant/ToLowerInvariant)

Commented by: Michał Ziemski (r_o_o_k)

One more needed dependency (with this I was able to keep Services & Events):
System.Threading.Thread": "4.0.0"

Native client requires (at least - I wasn't able to build this part) for FbClientFactory
"System.Reflection.Emit": "4.0.1"

Commented by: Fernando Leal (fernandocode)

Are there any plans for the development of issues?

There is some preliminary version that is possible to use it for testing?

Commented by: Fernando Leal (fernandocode)

As a basis for development we could use what has already been done by [Npgsql (Postgres Provider)](npgsql/npgsql@87e8cd2), which has already moved the .NET driver and EF Core module (old EF7) (https://github.com/npgsql/npgsql).

I am using [this code version](https://sourceforge.net/projects/firebird/files/firebird-net-provider/5.0.5.0/) of source to make my tests! This is the official repository?

Commented by: @cincuranet

Yes, the code package is correct.

I'm planning to work .NET Core once the compression support is finished.

Commented by: Tom S (tom)

.NET Standard 2.0 is now fully RTW, including the tooling: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2017/08/14/announcing-net-standard-2-0/ (as well as .NET Core 2.0)

Would it be possible to look into upgrading the http://ADO.NET Provider to take advantage of the new standard? Thank you!