NLog 5.0 Finally Ready!

NLog 5.0 has completed preview testing, and is ready for release.

Major Changes

• NLog ScopeContext replaces MDLC and MDC
• NLog Configuration from code with fluent LogManager.Setup()
• NLog DatabaseTarget extracted into its own NLog.Database nuget-package
• NLog Extensions assemblies will not be loaded automatically, so extensions must be explicitly added.
• .NET Standard takes over target-platforms Silverlight / WindowsPhone / Xamarin iOS / Xamarin Android
• Updated default values for better out-of-the-box experience
• Removed obsolete methods and properties

For more details see List of major changes in NLog 5.0

For full list of all changes: NLog 5.0 Pull Requests

Credits

Additional thanks to contributers:

• @TalAloni
• @njqdev
• @menishmueli
• @ErickJeffries
• @AlanLiu90
• @aled
• @tetrodoxin
• @noamyogev84
• @simoneserra93
• @sjafarianm
• @Orace
• @GitHubPang
• @KurnakovMaksim