Remove .NET 6 target framework support, no longer supported since GeneXus 18U3

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: claudiamurialdo

.github/workflows/Build.yml

@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@ jobs:
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
 
-    - name: Install .NET 6
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v2
-      with:
-        dotnet-version: '6.0.x'
-        include-prerelease: false
-
     - name: Install .NET 8
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
       with:

.github/workflows/External-Storage-Tests.yml

@@ -28,11 +28,6 @@ jobs:
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
 
-    - name: Install .NET 6
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v2
-      with:
-        dotnet-version: '6.0.x'
-
     - name: Install .NET 8
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
       with:

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@ jobs:
         debug: true
         languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
 
-    - name: Install .NET 6
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
-      with:
-        dotnet-version: '6.0.x'
-
     - name: Install .NET 8
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
       with:
@@ -64,10 +59,10 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         $TempSolution = "CodeqlSolution"
         dotnet new sln --name $TempSolution --output dotnet --force
-        dotnet msbuild dotnet\DotNetStandardClasses.sln /t:DumpProjects -p:DumpSolutionName=$TempSolution /m:1 -p:DumpSolutionTargetFrameworkDefault=net6
+        dotnet msbuild dotnet\DotNetStandardClasses.sln /t:DumpProjects -p:DumpSolutionName=$TempSolution /m:1 -p:DumpSolutionTargetFrameworkDefault=net8
 
     - name: Build temporary solution
-      run: dotnet build dotnet\CodeqlSolution.sln --framework net6.0
+      run: dotnet build dotnet\CodeqlSolution.sln --framework net8.0
 
     # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, or Java).
     # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)

.github/workflows/veracode.yml

@@ -44,12 +44,6 @@ jobs:
       with:
         repository: ''
 
-    - name: Install .NET 6
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v2
-      with:
-        dotnet-version: '6.0.x'
-        include-prerelease: false
-
     - name: Install .NET 8
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
       with:

.gitignore

@@ -358,9 +358,9 @@ build
 /dotnet/src/dotnetcore/GxNetCoreStartup/netcoreapp3.1/GxNetCoreStartup.deps.json
 /dotnet/src/dotnetcore/Reor/net5.0/Reor.deps.json
 /dotnet/src/dotnetcore/Reor/netcoreapp3.1/Reor.deps.json
-/dotnet/src/dotnetcore/GxDataInitialization/net6.0/GXDataInitialization.deps.json
-/dotnet/src/dotnetcore/GxNetCoreStartup/net6.0/GxNetCoreStartup.deps.json
-/dotnet/src/dotnetcore/Reor/net6.0/Reor.deps.json
+/dotnet/src/dotnetcore/GxDataInitialization/net8.0/GXDataInitialization.deps.json
+/dotnet/src/dotnetcore/GxNetCoreStartup/net8.0/GxNetCoreStartup.deps.json
+/dotnet/src/dotnetcore/Reor/net8.0/Reor.deps.json
 
 /dotnet/outsonar.txt
 /dotnet/output.txt

README.md

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ This repository contains projects for .NET and .NET Framework. It is organized a
 
 ## Requirements
 - Visual Studio 2022 (17.8 or higher).
-- .NET 6 & .NET 8 
+- .NET 8
 - .NET Framework 4.7 DevPack
 
 # Instructions
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ For the following steps must be executed from inside ```dotnet``` directory:
 
 It compiles the solution and copies all the .NET Framework assemblies to the folder C:\KB\CSharpModel\web\bin.
 
-- ```dotnet msbuild /p:TF=net6.0 /p:DeployDirectory=C:\KB\NetModel\web\bin DotNetStandardClasses.sln```
+- ```dotnet msbuild /p:TF=net8.0 /p:DeployDirectory=C:\KB\NetModel\web\bin DotNetStandardClasses.sln```
 
-It compiles the solution and copies all the .NET 6 assemblies to the folder C:\KB\NetModel\web\bin.
+It compiles the solution and copies all the .NET 8 assemblies to the folder C:\KB\NetModel\web\bin.
 
-- TF: target framework that will be deployed. Valid values are: `net462` (for GeneXus NET Framework generator) and `net6.0` (for GeneXus NET generator).
+- TF: target framework that will be deployed. Valid values are: `net462` (for GeneXus NET Framework generator) and `net8.0` (for GeneXus NET generator).
 - DeployDirectory: specifies the target directory to copy assemblies.
 
 

dotnet/Directory.Build.targets

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<DumpSolutionName>TempSolution</DumpSolutionName>
-		<DumpSolutionTargetFrameworkDefault>net6</DumpSolutionTargetFrameworkDefault>
+		<DumpSolutionTargetFrameworkDefault>net8</DumpSolutionTargetFrameworkDefault>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<Target Name="CopyAssemblies" Condition="'$(ProjectName)'!='' AND '$(TargetFramework)'=='$(TF)' AND '$(DeployDirectory)'!='' AND '$(IsPackable)'=='true'" AfterTargets="Build">
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 	</Target>
 
 	<Target Name="PublishForAnalyzer">
-		<Exec Command="dotnet publish $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)$(DumpSolutionName).sln --configuration Debug -o $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\.out -p:Publishing=true -p:SignAssembly=false --framework net6.0"></Exec>
+		<Exec Command="dotnet publish $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)$(DumpSolutionName).sln --configuration Debug -o $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\.out -p:Publishing=true -p:SignAssembly=false --framework net8.0"></Exec>
 	</Target>
 
 </Project>

dotnet/src/dotnetcommon/DynService.Core/DynService.Core.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<TargetFrameworks>net462;net6.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+		<TargetFrameworks>net462;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
 		<RootNamespace>GeneXus.Data.NTier</RootNamespace>
 		<AssemblyName>GeneXus.Data.DynService.Core</AssemblyName>
 		<NoWarn>CA1812</NoWarn>

dotnet/src/dotnetcommon/DynService.Dynamo/DynService.DynamoDB.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<TargetFrameworks>net462;net6.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+		<TargetFrameworks>net462;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
 		<RootNamespace>GeneXus.Data.NTier</RootNamespace>
 		<AssemblyName>GeneXus.Data.DynService.DynamoDB</AssemblyName>
 		<SignAssembly>false</SignAssembly>

dotnet/src/dotnetcommon/GxCryptography/GxCryptography.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<TargetFrameworks>net462;net6.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+		<TargetFrameworks>net462;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
 		<RootNamespace>GxCryptography</RootNamespace>
 		<NoWarn>618;1607;1698;SYSLIB0021;SYSLIB0027;SYSLIB0028;SYSLIB0023;SYSLIB0022</NoWarn>
 		<AssemblyName>GxCryptography</AssemblyName>