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MySQL Connector/NET 6.10.5 GA has been released

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/Net 6.10.5 is the second GA release and the first to
introduce .NET Core 2.0 and Entity Framework Core 2.0 support.

To download MySQL Connector/Net 6.10.5 GA, see the “Generally Available
(GA) Releases” tab at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/


Changes in MySQL Connector/Net 6.10.5 (2017-12-08, General
Availability)

   Functionality Added or Changed

     * Support for .NET Core 2.0 and .NET Standard 2.0 has been
       added (.NET Core 1.1 support continues). With .NET Core 2.0, most
       of the common ADO.NET classes are available for use, such as:

          + System.Data.DataTable, System.Data.DataColumn, and
            System.Data.DataRow

          + System.Data.DataSet

          + System.Data.Common.DataAdapter

     * Support for Entity Framework Core 2.0 has been added
       (Entity Framework 1.1 support continues). Currently, the MySQL
       Connector/Net implementation excludes the following 2.0 features:

          + Modeling: table splitting, owned types, model-level
            query filters, database scalar function mapping,
            self-contained type configuration for code first.

          + High performance: DbContext pooling and explicitly
            compiled queries.

          + Change tracking: attach can track a graph of new and
            existing entities.

          + Query: improved LINQ translation, group-join
            improvements, string interpolation in FromSql and
            ExecuteSqlCommand, new EF.Functions.Like().

          + Database management: pluralization hook for
            DbContext scaffolding.

          + Others: only one provider per model, consolidated
            logging and diagnostics.


Nuget packages are available at:

https://www.nuget.org/packages/MySql.Data/6.10.5
https://www.nuget.org/packages/MySql.Web/6.10.5
https://www.nuget.org/packages/MySql.Data.Entity/6.10.5
https://www.nuget.org/packages/MySql.Data.EntityFrameworkCore/6.10.5
https://www.nuget.org/packages/MySql.Data.EntityFrameworkCore.Design/6.10.5

Enjoy and thanks for the support!

On behalf of the MySQL Release Team,
Nawaz Nazeer Ahamed