"Microsoft is reversing a decision to remove a key feature from its
upcoming .NET 6 release, after a public outcry from the open source
community. Microsoft angered the .NET open source community earlier this
week by removing a key part of Hot Reload in the upcoming release of
.NET 6, a feature that allows developers to modify source code while an
app is running and immediately see the results.
It’s a feature many had been looking forward to using in Visual Studio
Code and across multiple platforms, until Microsoft made a controversial
last-minute decision to lock it to Visual Studio 2022 which is a mostly
paid product that’s limited to Windows. Sources at Microsoft, speaking
on condition of anonymity, told The Verge that the last-minute change
was made by Julia Liuson, the head of Microsoft’s developer division,
and was a business-focused move.
MICROSOFT ADMITS IT MADE A MISTAKE
Microsoft has now reversed the change following a backlash, and anger
inside the company from many of Microsoft’s own employees. “We made a
mistake in executing on our decision and took longer than expected to
respond back to the community,” explains Scott Hunter, director of
program management for .NET. Microsoft has now approved the community’s
pull request to re-enable this feature and it will be available in the
final version of the .NET 6 SDK."
<https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/23/22742282/microsoft-dotnet-hot-reload-u-turn-response>
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Rob