sillsdev · mark-sil · Oct 7, 2025 · Oct 7, 2025
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,12 +35,20 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ### Changed
 
 - [SIL.LCModel] `FileUtils.IsFileUriOrPath` checks for the presence of "file:" rather than the absence of known non-file URI schemes
+- Changed to target .Net Framework 4.6.2 instead of 4.6.1
+- Update libPalaso dependency from version 14.2.0-* to 17.0.0-*
+- Update Newtonsoft.Json dependency from version 13.0.2 to 13.0.3
+- Update icu.net dependency from version 3.0.0-* to 3.0.1
 
 ### Deprecated
 
 - [SIL.LCModel] `SyncMsg` seems to be a relic of TE, which was discontinued years ago
 - [SIL.LCModel.Core] `new CaseFunctions(string)` in favor of the new `new CaseFunctions(CoreWritingSystemDefinition)`
 
+### Removed
+
+- Support for .Net Framework 4.6.1
+
 ## [10.1.0] - 2021-10-01
 
 ### Changed

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Open the solution in Rider and run them all there. Right-click the solution and
 - then run (adjust the version number `3.11.1` accordingly):
 
 	```bash
-	(. environ && cd artifacts/Debug/net461/ && mono --debug ~/.nuget/packages/nunit.consolerunner/3.11.1/tools/nunit3-console.exe *Tests.dll )
+	(. environ && cd artifacts/Debug/net462/ && mono --debug ~/.nuget/packages/nunit.consolerunner/3.11.1/tools/nunit3-console.exe *Tests.dll )
 	```
 
 ### Windows
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ To run the tests for a single test dll:
 
    **Note:** Running the tests after building the solution from inside VS resulted in a `BadImageFormatException`.
    Running the tests after building from the cmd prompt worked.
-3. Go to the `liblcm\artifacts\Debug\net461` directory.
+3. Go to the `liblcm\artifacts\Debug\net462` directory.
 4. Execute: `..\..\..\packages\NUnit.ConsoleRunner.3.9.0\tools\nunit3-console.exe SIL.LCModel.Tests.dll`
 
    (Or specify one of the other `SIL.LCModel*Tests.dll`)

diff --git a/src/CSTools/Tools/Tools.csproj b/src/CSTools/Tools/Tools.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net461;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>SIL.LCModel.Tools</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>SIL.LCModel.Tools</AssemblyName>
     <Description>SIL LCModel Lexer/Parser Tools</Description>

diff --git a/src/CSTools/lg/lg.csproj b/src/CSTools/lg/lg.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net461;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>SIL.LCModel.Tools</RootNamespace>
     <Description>Lexer Generator</Description>
     <PackageOutputPath>../../../artifacts</PackageOutputPath>

diff --git a/src/CSTools/pg/pg.csproj b/src/CSTools/pg/pg.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net461;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>SIL.LCModel.Tools</RootNamespace>
     <Description>Parser Generator</Description>
     <PackageOutputPath>../../../artifacts</PackageOutputPath>

diff --git a/src/SIL.LCModel.Build.Tasks/SIL.LCModel.Build.Tasks.csproj b/src/SIL.LCModel.Build.Tasks/SIL.LCModel.Build.Tasks.csproj
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RootNamespace>SIL.LCModel.Build.Tasks</RootNamespace>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net461;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <Description>The liblcm library is the core FieldWorks model for linguistic analyses of languages. Tools in this library provide the ability to store and interact with language and culture data, including anthropological, text corpus, and linguistics data.
 SIL.LCModel.Build.Tasks provides msbuild tasks for generating C# classes for the FieldWorks model: IdlImp and LcmGenerate.</Description>
     <BuildOutputTargetFolder>tools/$(TargetFramework)</BuildOutputTargetFolder>
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ SIL.LCModel.Build.Tasks provides msbuild tasks for generating C# classes for the
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <Target Name="CopyTargetsAndProps" AfterTargets="Build">
-    <MakeDir Directories="$(OutputPath)/lib/net461" />
+    <MakeDir Directories="$(OutputPath)/lib/net462" />
     <!-- Create empty files -->
-    <WriteLinesToFile File="$(OutputPath)/lib/net461/_._" />
+    <WriteLinesToFile File="$(OutputPath)/lib/net462/_._" />
   </Target>
 
   <Target Name="CollectRuntimeOutputs" BeforeTargets="_GetPackageFiles">

diff --git a/src/SIL.LCModel.Build.Tasks/SIL.LCModel.Build.Tasks.props b/src/SIL.LCModel.Build.Tasks/SIL.LCModel.Build.Tasks.props
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<SilLCModelBuildTasksPath Condition="$(SilLCModelBuildTasksPath) == '' And '$(MSBuildRuntimeType)' != 'Core'">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)../tools/net461/</SilLCModelBuildTasksPath>
+		<SilLCModelBuildTasksPath Condition="$(SilLCModelBuildTasksPath) == '' And '$(MSBuildRuntimeType)' != 'Core'">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)../tools/net462/</SilLCModelBuildTasksPath>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<UsingTask TaskName="IdlImp" AssemblyFile="$(SilLCModelBuildTasksPath)SIL.LCModel.Build.Tasks.dll" />

diff --git a/src/SIL.LCModel.Core/Phonology/PhonLex.bat b/src/SIL.LCModel.Core/Phonology/PhonLex.bat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-..\..\..\artifacts\Debug\net461\lg phonenv.lexer
+..\..\..\artifacts\Debug\net462\lg phonenv.lexer
diff --git a/src/SIL.LCModel.Core/Phonology/PhonPrs.bat b/src/SIL.LCModel.Core/Phonology/PhonPrs.bat
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 rem ..\..\..\artifacts\Debug\pg -D phonenv.parser
-..\..\..\artifacts\Debug\net461\pg phonenv.parser
+..\..\..\artifacts\Debug\net462\pg phonenv.parser
 if exist hab.tmp del hab.tmp > nul
 ren phonenv.parser.cs hab.tmp
 gawk -f phonprs.awk < hab.tmp > hab.cs

diff --git a/src/SIL.LCModel.Core/SIL.LCModel.Core.csproj b/src/SIL.LCModel.Core/SIL.LCModel.Core.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net461;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net462;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>SIL.LCModel.Core</RootNamespace>
     <Description>The liblcm library is the core FieldWorks model for linguistic analyses of languages. Tools in this library provide the ability to store and interact with language and culture data, including anthropological, text corpus, and linguistics data.
 SIL.LCModel.Core provides a base library with core functionality.</Description>
@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ SIL.LCModel.Core provides a base library with core functionality.</Description>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="GitVersion.MsBuild" Version="5.6.10" PrivateAssets="All" />
-    <PackageReference Include="icu.net" Version="3.0.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="icu.net" Version="3.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Icu4c.Win.Fw.Bin" Version="70.1.152" IncludeAssets="build" />
     <PackageReference Include="Icu4c.Win.Fw.Lib" Version="70.1.152" IncludeAssets="build" PrivateAssets="runtime" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.PlatformAbstractions" Version="2.0.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel" Version="2.0.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
-    <PackageReference Include="SIL.Lexicon" Version="14.2.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="SIL.Lexicon" Version="17.0.0-*" />
     <PackageReference Include="SIL.ReleaseTasks" Version="2.5.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
-    <PackageReference Include="SIL.WritingSystems" Version="14.2.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="SIL.WritingSystems" Version="17.0.0-*" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="6.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation" Version="4.3.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="vswhere" Version="2.8.4" PrivateAssets="all" />

diff --git a/src/SIL.LCModel.FixData/SIL.LCModel.FixData.csproj b/src/SIL.LCModel.FixData/SIL.LCModel.FixData.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net461;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>SIL.LCModel.FixData</RootNamespace>
     <Description>The liblcm library is the core FieldWorks model for linguistic analyses of languages. Tools in this library provide the ability to store and interact with language and culture data, including anthropological, text corpus, and linguistics data.
 SIL.LCModel.FixData provides functionality to fix errors in a FieldWorks data XML file.</Description>

diff --git a/src/SIL.LCModel.Utils/SIL.LCModel.Utils.csproj b/src/SIL.LCModel.Utils/SIL.LCModel.Utils.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net461;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>SIL.LCModel.Utils</RootNamespace>
     <Description>The liblcm library is the core FieldWorks model for linguistic analyses of languages. Tools in this library provide the ability to store and interact with language and culture data, including anthropological, text corpus, and linguistics data.
 SIL.LCModel.Utils provides utility classes.</Description>
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ SIL.LCModel.Utils provides utility classes.</Description>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="GitVersion.MsBuild" Version="5.6.10" PrivateAssets="All" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
-    <PackageReference Include="SIL.Core" Version="14.2.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="SIL.Core" Version="17.0.0-*" />
     <PackageReference Include="SIL.ReleaseTasks" Version="2.5.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
     <PackageReference Include="Mono.Unix" Version="7.1.0-final.1.21458.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="6.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter" Version="6.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Management" Version="6.0.0" />

diff --git a/src/SIL.LCModel/SIL.LCModel.csproj b/src/SIL.LCModel/SIL.LCModel.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net461;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>SIL.LCModel</RootNamespace>
     <Description>The liblcm library is the core FieldWorks model for linguistic analyses of languages. Tools in this library provide the ability to store and interact with language and culture data, including anthropological, text corpus, and linguistics data.
 	SIL.LCModel is the main library.</Description>
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
     <PackageReference Include="protobuf-net" Version="2.4.6" />
     <PackageReference Include="SharpZipLib" Version="1.4.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="SIL.Lexicon" Version="14.2.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="SIL.Lexicon" Version="17.0.0-*" />
     <PackageReference Include="SIL.ReleaseTasks" Version="2.5.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
-    <PackageReference Include="SIL.WritingSystems" Version="14.2.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="SIL.WritingSystems" Version="17.0.0-*" />
     <PackageReference Include="structuremap.patched" Version="4.7.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController" Version="6.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Nullable" Version="1.3.1">
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@
     <Clean Include="@(GeneratedFiles)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="System.Web" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <Target Name="GenerateModel" Inputs="MasterLCModel.xml" Outputs="@(GeneratedFiles)" BeforeTargets="BeforeCompile">
     <!-- Call the LcmGenerate task from SIL.LCModel.Build.Tasks in a separate msbuild process,
          so it doesn't lock the SIL.LCModel.Build.Tasks.dll in VS. -->

diff --git a/tests/SIL.LCModel.Core.Tests/SIL.LCModel.Core.Tests.csproj b/tests/SIL.LCModel.Core.Tests/SIL.LCModel.Core.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net461;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>SIL.LCModel.Core</RootNamespace>
     <Description>The liblcm library is the core FieldWorks model for linguistic analyses of languages. Tools in this library provide the ability to store and interact with language and culture data, including anthropological, text corpus, and linguistics data.
 This package provides unit tests for SIL.LCModel.Core.</Description>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ This package provides unit tests for SIL.LCModel.Core.</Description>
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit" Version="3.13.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="4.3.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="SIL.ReleaseTasks" Version="2.5.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
-    <PackageReference Include="SIL.TestUtilities" Version="14.2.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="SIL.TestUtilities" Version="17.0.0-*" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

diff --git a/tests/SIL.LCModel.FixData.Tests/SIL.LCModel.FixData.Tests.csproj b/tests/SIL.LCModel.FixData.Tests/SIL.LCModel.FixData.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net461;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>SIL.LCModel.FixData</RootNamespace>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
     <Nullable>disable</Nullable>

diff --git a/tests/SIL.LCModel.Tests/SIL.LCModel.Tests.csproj b/tests/SIL.LCModel.Tests/SIL.LCModel.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net461;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>SIL.LCModel</RootNamespace>
     <Description>The liblcm library is the core FieldWorks model for linguistic analyses of languages. Tools in this library provide the ability to store and interact with language and culture data, including anthropological, text corpus, and linguistics data.
 This package provides unit tests for SIL.LCModel.</Description>
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ This package provides unit tests for SIL.LCModel.</Description>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\SIL.LCModel.Core.Tests\SIL.LCModel.Core.Tests.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="System.Web" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <Target Name="CollectRuntimeOutputs" BeforeTargets="_GetPackageFiles">
     <ItemGroup>
       <None Include="$(OutputPath)\**\$(PackageId).dll.config" Pack="true" PackagePath="lib" />

diff --git a/tests/SIL.LCModel.Tests/TestDirectoryFinder.cs b/tests/SIL.LCModel.Tests/TestDirectoryFinder.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public static string RootDirectory
 			{
 				// we'll assume the executing assembly is <root>/artifacts/Debug/SIL.LCModel.Tests.dll,
 				string dir = CodeDirectory;
-				dir = Path.GetDirectoryName(dir);       // strip the parent directory name (framework: netstandard2.0;net461)
+				dir = Path.GetDirectoryName(dir);       // strip the parent directory name (framework: netstandard2.0;net462)
 				dir = Path.GetDirectoryName(dir);       // strip the parent directory name (Debug)
 				dir = Path.GetDirectoryName(dir);       // strip the parent directory again (artifacts)
 				return dir;

diff --git a/tests/SIL.LCModel.Utils.Tests/SIL.LCModel.Utils.Tests.csproj b/tests/SIL.LCModel.Utils.Tests/SIL.LCModel.Utils.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net461;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>SIL.LCModel.Utils</RootNamespace>
     <Description>The liblcm library is the core FieldWorks model for linguistic analyses of languages. Tools in this library provide the ability to store and interact with language and culture data, including anthropological, text corpus, and linguistics data.
 This package provides unit tests for SIL.LCModel.Utils and test utility classes</Description>

diff --git a/tests/TestHelper/TestHelper.csproj b/tests/TestHelper/TestHelper.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net461;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>Icu.Tests</RootNamespace>
     <Description>TestHelper</Description>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
		@@ -1 +1 @@
		..\..\..\artifacts\Debug\net461\lg phonenv.lexer
		..\..\..\artifacts\Debug\net462\lg phonenv.lexer