I have a .NET Standard class library project. I want the library to be available to the broadest array of consuming applications, so following Microsoft's advice here, I am targeting .NET Standard 1.3 in my project properties.
However, there is also a NuGet package called NetStandard.Library. And somewhere along the line, my project got a reference to this as well. What's more, it's a different version (1.6). I'm confused. Is this okay?
What is the relationship between these?
And somewhere along the line, my project got a reference to this as well. What's more, it's a different version (1.6). I'm confused. Is this okay? What is the relationship between these?
I think you should not worry too much about that.
1.6.1 is just the version of NetStandard.Library nuget package and it has nothing to do with the version of the target platform, and they don't interfere with each other.
The NetStandard.Library nuget package just service the related net standard project and provide any libs and apis to develop,build, debug the current project.
Besdies, NetStandard.Library 1.6.1 service net standard 1.x project while NetStandard.Library 2.0.3 services net standard 2.x projects.
So when you finishing developing it and pack your net standard 1.3 lib project as nuget package and then use it in target platform, actually, NetStandard.Library nuget package already finish its job and it is irrelevant in this step.
When you use such net standard project into other target platform projects, you only need to consider that whether the net standard version and the target platform version are within the scope of support as your linked document describes.
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Actually, sure.1.6.1 version is just only the nuget package version. NetStandard.Library 1.6.1 nuget package defines one or more standard.net version libraries.
And as far as I know, 1.6.1 version supports net standard 1.0~1.6 class library projects and the nuget package services for those net standard version.
And then it will direct the current project to the corresponding target platform projects.
Hope it could help you.