Using .NET Core SDK to build roslyn on OSX / Linux

[ffimnsr]

You can build using .NET Core SDK on windows, on linux one should use Mono. There is already implementation of .NET Core on linux, why don't we use it?

[filipw]

Can you please elaborate on what you are asking for? Would you like omnisharp-roslyn to be built using .NET Core?

[ffimnsr]

@filipw yes, most of the distros nowadays does have package of dotnet-core. Is there any way to completely build the omnisharp-roslyn using it like on windows?

As I know, mono and dotnet-core are two seperate package and can exists whether the other package is not installed.

[crupest]

I'm confused about this too. Since dotnet core has been launched for a long time and it is also designed to be cross platform. I see that you have already used dotnet core on Windows. It seems reasonable to use dotnet core on Linux/OS X to get benifit of sharing a common code base. And maybe dotnet core has better performance and develops faster than mono. Do you have any thoughts or plans on this?

[filipw]

OmniSharp was a .NET Core app for some time, but we had to switch to full framework.
Have a look here for more context and links to issues explaining the challenges #1384 (comment)

In short - because of how .NET Core handles assembly resolution, and the fact that MSBuild Tasks can run code themselves, OmniSharp cannot run on .NET Core and support all project types (desktop .NET, .NET Core, Unity etc). This is possible when it runs on full framework / Mono though.

I'll close this as duplicate - thanks.

[crupest]

Got it, thanks!