I created an MVC/Web API project in VS 2013. When I try to open that solution with Monodevelop, it fails with error "There must be 2, 3 or 4 components in the version string.". It's because of the references in .csproj file such as <Reference Include="System.Net.Http.Formatting, Version=__MvcPagesVersion__, ..."> ... </Reference>.
How can I fix those references so that it can be compiled with Monodevelop? Is it safe just to remove Version string from those references?
Ran into a similar problem just now. __MvcPagesVersion__ must be some placeholder Visual Studio uses in the *.csproj files. I combed through the csproj file that wouldn't load in Xamarin Studio and replaced all the references to __MvcPagesVersion__ with "5.2.0.0" without the quotes. I then reloaded the project and everything seems to be working for me now.