add net7.0 frameworks

[janusw]

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[VisualMelon]

Is there a reference for what net7.0-windows10.0.19041.0 means? I've not seen a moniker like this before; I assume it means you need to recent version of Win10 to run the application? Do we know which component imposes this constraint, or is this inevitable with maui?

[janusw]

Is there a reference for what net7.0-windows10.0.19041.0 means? I've not seen a moniker like this before;

A general reference for the .NET target frameworks: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/frameworks

I assume it means you need to recent version of Win10 to run the application?

Well, the version 10.0.19041.0 specified there is actually the targeted SDK version, not the minimum required version. In fact the minimum version is specified by the following line (and is a bit lower):

<TargetPlatformMinVersion Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'windows'">10.0.17763.0</TargetPlatformMinVersion>

Do we know which component imposes this constraint, or is this inevitable with maui?

From https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/maui/supported-platforms:

Windows 11 and Windows 10 version 1809 or higher

I'm not a Windows native and I don't understand the Windows versioning scheme, but the following sounds like "version 1809" and "build 17763" mean the same thing:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/release-information

So, I'd say: Yes, this is the lowest version we can support on Windows.

[VisualMelon]

OK, I don't understand the numbers, but certainly sounds like they are talking about old enough versions of windows that we're not going to exclude half of the potential user-base without trying.