[Breaking change]: System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager no longer references System.Security.Permissions

[steveharter]

Description

The System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager package no longer references the System.Security.Permissions package.

Version

.NET 8 Preview 3

Previous behavior

The System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager referenced the System.Security.Permissions package.

New behavior

The System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager does not reference the System.Security.Permissions package.

Type of breaking change

• Binary incompatible: Existing binaries may encounter a breaking change in behavior, such as failure to load or execute, and if so, require recompilation.
• Source incompatible: When recompiled using the new SDK or component or to target the new runtime, existing source code may require source changes to compile successfully.
• Behavioral change: Existing binaries may behave differently at run time.

Reason for change

This avoids a dependency on System.Drawing.Common when System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager is referenced which is primarily an issue for non-Windows operating systems.

The dependency to System.Drawing.Common was caused by the following package dependencies:
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager ->
System.Security.Permissions ->
System.Windows.Extensions ->
System.Drawing.Common.

Recommended action

If the System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager package is referenced and a dependency is needed to System.Security.Permissions or any of its dependencies, which may include System.Windows.Extensions, System.Security.AccessControl, or System.Drawing.Common then ensure those packages are referenced directly or indirectly.

Feature area

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Affected APIs

No response

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Associated WorkItem - 153930

[ericstj]

I marked this as "source incompatible" instead of "binary incompatible" because the problem will only be observed on a rebuild when referencing a new version of the package. Existing binaries / builds will work.