Is the project dead?

[Drakaroft]

Please don't kill SharpDevelop, i love how much portable it is!

[dgrunwald]

Yes, it's dead.

It takes a massive amount of effort just to keep up with the changes to the language and build system Microsoft is doing, probably at least 2 man-years to catch up to C# 7 / the .NET Core stuff. That's a bit too much for a hobby project -- we don't have that kind of free time anymore, and even if we did, there are better ways to spend it than playing catch-up with a huge dev team at Microsoft.

Combine that with the free community edition, and there's little space for multiple open-source C# IDEs.
Remember that MonoDevelop is still around; and that VS Code is also open-source! Start with one of those if you need a portable IDE.

[pgaskin]

See also #783

[fretelweb]

With Visual Studio Community you have all the necesary to start working, I also thing that is more than the essencial, I use SharpeDevelop when Visual Studio was closed to the comunity and Sharp Develop help me so much so thank to the team of SharDevelop, Thanks for all your effort hope to see some new projects from you.

[Drakaroft]

Yeah vs community is great, is almost perfect, but it isn't low weight as SD (45mb), it isn't portable and it isn't fast as SD for old PC...
I loved use SD in my old laptop or at school thanks to the fact that it can run via usb.

Anyway i will accept the decision of the developers and i hope they can get the best from their next projects, they have gifted me many hours of fun during the years! Thanks to all of them <3

[e-volusian]

@dgrunwald If the project is dead, would you possibly consider putting a note indicating such in a prominent location on this repo or the project's homepage?

Many people including myself like what you (I assume you) have created, but if the project has no life and no future, it would be greatly appreciated if that was formally communicated up-front so people don't waste their time.

Thanks for your consideration.

[DamianSuess]

If it wasn't for SharpDevelop my company would have never been able to happen, literally!! In the early '00s, there was no better open solution for a startup. It spun off the fork, MonoDevelop, and brought so much to the community. Please don't give up hope.
I was really looking forward to the continuous efforts on SharpReports. Once again, an amazing open utility with potential.

All you folks on the #develop team have and had some amazing visions. don't ever give that up.

[subchannel13]

@DamianSuess In early to mid 2000s there was no C# :)

[smallswan399]

Oh, so sad!

[DamianSuess]

@subchannel13, not here to argue history but double-check your dates.

.NET 1.0 official released February 13, 2002 (the early 2000s). C# 2.0 released, 2006 (mid-2000s). These guys helped open the door to better IDEs and forerunners of open source for .NET. Which in-turn Mono Develop was based on SharpDevelop to bring it to Linux - also branded as, Visual Studio for Mac.

Ref:

• http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/NewsHistory.aspx (link broken)
• .NET Framework Version History
• C# Versions

(Updated history notes: 2020-06-06)

[subchannel13]

@DamianSuess You missed the joke, crusader.

[DamianSuess]

@subchannel13 my mistake

[longtth]

@fretelweb : Visual Studio Community is f**** slow compare to SharpDevelop :'(

[linquize]

SharpDevelop can start very fast, even with traditional hard disk.

[limapedro]

So sad, SD is my favorite C# IDE, it is faster than VS, I hope someday the project continues, but thanks guys for this awesome work.