NLog 5.0.0-rc1

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NLog 5.0.0

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dotnet add package NLog --version 5.0.0-rc1
NuGet\Install-Package NLog -Version 5.0.0-rc1
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="NLog" Version="5.0.0-rc1" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
paket add NLog --version 5.0.0-rc1
#r "nuget: NLog, 5.0.0-rc1"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
// Install NLog as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=NLog&version=5.0.0-rc1&prerelease

// Install NLog as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=NLog&version=5.0.0-rc1&prerelease

NLog is a logging platform for .NET with rich log routing and management capabilities.
NLog supports traditional logging, structured logging and the combination of both.

Supported platforms:

- .NET 5 and 6
- .NET Core 1, 2 and 3
- .NET Standard 1.3+ and 2.0+
- .NET Framework 3.5, 4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 & 4.8
- Mono 4

For ASP.NET Core, check: NLog.Web.AspNetCore

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net5.0 was computed.  net5.0-windows was computed.  net6.0 was computed.  net6.0-android was computed.  net6.0-ios was computed.  net6.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net6.0-macos was computed.  net6.0-tvos was computed.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0 was computed.  net7.0-android was computed.  net7.0-ios was computed.  net7.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net7.0-macos was computed.  net7.0-tvos was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  net8.0 was computed.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed. 
.NET Core netcoreapp1.0 was computed.  netcoreapp1.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
.NET Standard netstandard1.3 is compatible.  netstandard1.4 was computed.  netstandard1.5 is compatible.  netstandard1.6 was computed.  netstandard2.0 is compatible.  netstandard2.1 was computed. 
.NET Framework net35 is compatible.  net40 was computed.  net403 was computed.  net45 is compatible.  net451 was computed.  net452 was computed.  net46 is compatible.  net461 was computed.  net462 was computed.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
MonoAndroid monoandroid was computed. 
MonoMac monomac was computed. 
MonoTouch monotouch was computed. 
Tizen tizen30 was computed.  tizen40 was computed.  tizen60 was computed. 
Universal Windows Platform uap was computed.  uap10.0 was computed. 
Xamarin.iOS xamarinios was computed. 
Xamarin.Mac xamarinmac was computed. 
Xamarin.TVOS xamarintvos was computed. 
Xamarin.WatchOS xamarinwatchos was computed. 
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NLog.Extensions.Logging The ID prefix of this package has been reserved for one of the owners of this package by NuGet.org.

NLog LoggerProvider for Microsoft.Extensions.Logging for logging in .NET Standard libraries and .NET Core applications. For ASP.NET Core, check: https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore
NLog.Config The ID prefix of this package has been reserved for one of the owners of this package by NuGet.org.

NLog.config file to get started with configuring NLog. This package is not mandatory to get started with NLog: the configuration file can created manually (read specs here: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/Configuration-file) or the configuration can be created programmatically. (read more here: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/Configuration-API) Note: Unfortunately this package won't work well when using <PackageReference> Advised to: - download manually: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NLog/NLog/v4.4/src/NuGet/NLog.Config/content/NLog.config - set "Copy To Output Directory" to "Copy if newer"
Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.NLogTarget The ID prefix of this package has been reserved for one of the owners of this package by NuGet.org.

Application Insights NLog Target is a custom target allowing you to send NLog log messages to Application Insights. Application Insights will collect your logs from multiple sources and provide rich powerful search capabilities. Privacy statement: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=512156
NLog.Web The ID prefix of this package has been reserved for one of the owners of this package by NuGet.org.

NLog logging for ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC. Includes targets and layout renderers for websites and web applications. This package is for ASP.NET 3.5+ For ASP.NET Core: Check https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore
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NLog.Extended.dll provides MSMQ target and AppSetting renderer

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5.2.4 1,752,727 9/6/2023
5.2.3 1,626,005 8/5/2023
5.2.2 2,380,853 7/4/2023
5.2.1 151,262 7/1/2023
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5.1.5 276,292 5/25/2023
5.1.4 1,148,327 4/29/2023
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5.1.2 3,249,199 2/17/2023
5.1.1 4,205,604 12/29/2022
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5.0.5 3,316,736 10/25/2022
5.0.4 4,641,547 9/1/2022
5.0.3 154,295 8/31/2022
5.0.2 1,172,167 8/12/2022
5.0.1 4,164,865 6/12/2022
5.0.0 4,634,589 5/16/2022
4.7.15 8,322,671 3/26/2022
4.7.14 2,445,386 2/23/2022
4.7.13 6,024,418 12/5/2021
4.7.12 3,845,532 10/24/2021
4.7.11 13,419,323 8/18/2021
4.7.10 8,792,699 5/14/2021
4.7.9 7,623,333 3/24/2021
4.7.8 4,079,782 2/25/2021
4.7.7 3,185,344 1/20/2021
4.7.6 5,421,858 12/6/2020
4.7.5 6,865,951 9/27/2020
4.7.4 4,998,068 8/22/2020
4.7.3 1,807,297 7/31/2020
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4.7.1 166,447 5/15/2020
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4.6.5 4,172,549 6/14/2019
4.6.4 3,060,175 5/28/2019
4.6.3 3,390,193 4/30/2019
4.6.2 2,579,175 4/2/2019
4.6.1 325,002 3/29/2019
4.6.0 983,113 3/21/2019
4.5.11 21,513,858 11/6/2018
4.5.10 6,354,360 9/17/2018
4.5.9 1,680,424 8/24/2018
4.5.8 2,501,285 8/5/2018
4.5.7 1,309,715 7/19/2018
4.5.6 3,690,957 5/29/2018
4.5.5 930,401 5/25/2018
4.5.4 4,533,579 5/5/2018
4.5.3 2,103,340 4/16/2018
4.5.2 1,208,726 4/6/2018
4.5.1 389,167 4/3/2018
4.5.0 9,964,195 3/25/2018
4.4.13 937,125 2/27/2018
4.4.12 7,683,975 8/8/2017
4.4.11 2,501,592 6/17/2017
4.4.10 501,515 5/31/2017
4.4.9 1,175,247 5/5/2017
4.4.8 230,720 4/28/2017
4.4.7 153,374 4/25/2017
4.4.6 393,821 4/15/2017
4.4.5 568,807 3/28/2017
4.4.4 665,086 3/10/2017
4.4.3 818,277 2/17/2017
4.4.2 496,469 2/6/2017
4.4.1 2,019,520 12/24/2016
4.4.0 374,193 12/14/2016
4.3.11 1,290,774 11/7/2016
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4.3.3 510,950 4/28/2016
4.3.2 115,283 4/26/2016
4.3.1 128,219 4/20/2016
4.3.0 175,228 4/16/2016
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4.2.2 404,106 12/2/2015
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4.2.0 531,434 10/24/2015
4.1.2 1,123,412 9/20/2015
4.1.1 191,074 9/12/2015
4.1.0 265,745 8/31/2015
4.0.1 1,140,549 6/18/2015
4.0.0 1,469,346 6/9/2015
3.2.1 1,132,324 4/24/2015
3.2.0 2,098,346 1/2/2015
3.1.0 1,983,221 6/24/2014
3.0.0 297,251 6/2/2014
2.1.0 3,276,643 10/10/2013
2.0.1.2 1,575,789 4/8/2013
2.0.0.2000 3,427,088 7/18/2011
1.0.0.505 960,364 1/7/2011

NLog 5.0 RC1 with more improvements:

## Features
- LogFactory Setup fluent with SetupLogFactory for general options (#4662) (@snakefoot)
- LogFactory fluent Setup with FilterDynamicIgnore + FilterDynamicLog (#4648) (@snakefoot)
- TargetWithContext - Added support for ExcludeProperties (#4642) (@snakefoot)

## Improvements
- FallbackGroupTarget - Added support for EnableBatchWrite (#4656) (@snakefoot)
- JsonLayout - ExcludeProperties should also handle IncludeScopeProperties (#4655) (@snakefoot)
- TargetWithContext - IncludeEmptyValue false by default (#4645) (@snakefoot)
- PropertiesDictionary - Generate unique message-template-names on duplicate keys (#4646) (@snakefoot)
- LoggingRule - Fix XML documentation (#4661) (@GitHubPang)
- Fixed RegisterObjectTransformation to handle conversion to simple values (#4671) (@snakefoot)
- LogLevel - Replaced IConvertible with IFormattable for better Json output (#4669) (@snakefoot)
- NLog.Wcf - Updated nuget dependencies to System.ServiceModel ver. 4.4.4 (#4676) (@snakefoot)
- FileTarget - Improve fallback logic when running on Linux without File BirthTIme (#4675) (@snakefoot)
- FileTarget - Better handling of relative paths with FileSystemWatcher (#4680) (@snakefoot)
- Renamed AppSettingLayoutRenderer2 to AppSettingLayoutRenderer after removing NLog.Extended (#4689) (@snakefoot)
- Added alias ToUpper and ToLower as alternative to UpperCase and LowerCase (#4563) (@snakefoot)
- Ignore dash (-) when parsing layouts, layoutrenderers and targets (#4695) (@304NotModified)
- Logger SetProperty marked as obsolete, instead use WithProperty or the unsafe Properties-property (#4713) (@snakefoot)
- Hide obsolete methods from intellisense (#4714) (@snakefoot)

## Performance
- PaddingLayoutRendererWrapper - Pad operation with reduced string allocation (#4672) (@snakefoot)
- FileTarget - Use Environment.TickCount to trigger File.Exists checks (#4698) (@snakefoot)
- AsyncTargetWrapper - Fix performance for OverflowAction Block on NetCore (#4699) (@snakefoot)
- LogEventInfo - Faster clone of messageTemplateParameters by caching Count (#4705) (@snakefoot)

NLog 5 release post: https://nlog-project.org/2021/08/25/nlog-5-0-preview1-ready.html

Full changelog: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

For all config options and platform support, check https://nlog-project.org/config/