> I have multiple projects that reference a dll say common.dll. Now I
> would like to change common.dll in a backward compatible way and drop
> it in to each of the projects so that it is used without any recompile
> of the projects. However each change of common is a new version so I
> need a way of indicating to the projects to allow a common.dll that is
> later than a given version without explicitly giving the particular
> version.
>
> For example :
>
> 9th March
> Project1, Project2 compiled and released with Common.dll v1.1.0
>
> 12th March
> Common.dll compiled to v1.1.2
>
> 14th March
> Common.dll compiled to v1.1.3
>
>
> So would like Project1 and Project2 to be able to use v1.1.2 or v1.1.3
> (not at the same time but whenever its available) without changing any
> config in them.

<nilesh.shah.uk@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have multiple projects that reference a dll say common.dll. Now I
> would like to change common.dll in a backward compatible way and drop
> it in to each of the projects so that it is used without any recompile
> of the projects. However each change of common is a new version so I
> need a way of indicating to the projects to allow a common.dll that is
> later than a given version without explicitly giving the particular
> version.
>
> For example :
>
> 9th March
> Project1, Project2 compiled and released with Common.dll v1.1.0
>
> 12th March
> Common.dll compiled to v1.1.2
>
> 14th March
> Common.dll compiled to v1.1.3
>

>
>
> <nilesh.shah.uk@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1173443358.796457.274350@30g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>>I have multiple projects that reference a dll say common.dll. Now I
>> would like to change common.dll in a backward compatible way and drop
>> it in to each of the projects so that it is used without any recompile
>> of the projects. However each change of common is a new version so I
>> need a way of indicating to the projects to allow a common.dll that is
>> later than a given version without explicitly giving the particular
>> version.
>>
>> For example :
>>
>> 9th March
>> Project1, Project2 compiled and released with Common.dll v1.1.0
>>
>> 12th March
>> Common.dll compiled to v1.1.2
>>
>> 14th March
>> Common.dll compiled to v1.1.3
>>
>
> Incrementing the AssemblyVersion breaks backwards compatibility. That't
> what AssemblyVersion is for.

>
> You should not ever allow a .dll to use automatic versioning for the
> AssemblyVersion. The fact that Visual Studio does that by default is a
> bug.

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> "David Browne" <davidbaxterbrowne no potted meat@hotmail.com> wrote in
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>>
>>
>> <nilesh.shah.uk@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1173443358.796457.274350@30g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>>>I have multiple projects that reference a dll say common.dll. Now I
>>> would like to change common.dll in a backward compatible way and drop
>>> it in to each of the projects so that it is used without any recompile
>>> of the projects. However each change of common is a new version so I
>>> need a way of indicating to the projects to allow a common.dll that is
>>> later than a given version without explicitly giving the particular
>>> version.
>>>
>>> For example :
>>>
>>> 9th March
>>> Project1, Project2 compiled and released with Common.dll v1.1.0
>>>
>>> 12th March
>>> Common.dll compiled to v1.1.2
>>>
>>> 14th March
>>> Common.dll compiled to v1.1.3
>>>
>>
>> Incrementing the AssemblyVersion breaks backwards compatibility. That't
>> what AssemblyVersion is for.
>
> I think that a manifest can be embedded into the updated dll, stating that
> it is a drop-in replacement for the previous version. But I can't find
> the syntax for that right now.
>

>>
>> You should not ever allow a .dll to use automatic versioning for the
>> AssemblyVersion. The fact that Visual Studio does that by default is a
>> bug.
>
> Hardly. You should never deploy differing binaries with the same version
> number.