C#/.NET Driver Version 2.0.0-rc0 Released

[Robert Stam]

(Preliminary Release)

This is a major release which is fully compatible with server version 3.0 and fully supports the new features introduced

by server version 3.0.

Please read the release notes before migrating to this version, as there are a number of breaking changes. The biggest

change is that the new API is an async-only API. The legacy synchronous API will continue to be supported for awhile,

but is deprecated in favor of the async API. We will also continue to support the legacy 1.10 version of the driver for awhile.

An online version of the release notes is available at:

https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-csharp-driver/blob/v2.0.0-rc0/Release%20Notes/Release%20Notes%20v2.0.0.md

The full list of JIRA issues resolved in this release is available at:

https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CSHARP-138?filter=16826

The 2.0.0 version of the C#/.NET driver is available for download in
source form at:

https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-csharp-driver/archive/v2.0.0-rc0.zip

The driver binaries are available on NuGet at:

http://www.nuget.org/packages/MongoDB.Driver

The driver binaries are also available at:

https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-csharp-driver/releases/download/v2.0.0-rc0/CSharpDriver-2.0.0-rc0.zip

Note: if you download the zip file, depending on how you unzip the
file you may need to "Unblock" the help file. You can do so by right
clicking on the "CSharpDriverDocs.chm" file and selecting Properties,
and then clicking on the "Unblock" button. You will need to "Unblock"
the help file if you see the message "Navigation to webpage was
canceled" where the help text would normally appear. You might also
just see a blank area where the help text would normally appear.

Online documentation is under development. In the meantime please

refer to the online API reference documentation.

The online API reference documentation is available at:

http://api.mongodb.org/csharp/current

Bugs and suggestions can be submitted at:

http://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CSHARP

Questions can be posted on the mongodb-user group:

http://groups.google.com/group/mongodb-user

We monitor this group and will be happy to answer any questions you post here.

The C#/.NET driver team
Robert and Craig