v0.6.0 - .NET 8!

[Timthreetwelve]

This update includes migrating the project to .NET 8, some language updates, and updates to several dependencies.

My apologies to everyone that contributed translation updates and have been waiting for much too long.

Changes: ✨

• New: Slovenian language translation Translation: Slovenian translation #69
• Updated: Italian language translation Update Italian strings #72 & Update Italian language #73
• Updated: Migrated to .NET 8 Migrate Windows Update Viewer to .NET 8 #71
• Updated: Migrated Material Design in XAML to version 5.0.0
• Updated: Upgraded Octokit to version 10.0.0
• Updated: Upgraded NLog to version 5.2.8
• Updated: Minor UI tweaks
• Updated: Minor localization tweaks
• Added: Ctrl+Minus and Ctrl+Minus keyboard shortcuts to adjust size
• Fixed: Installer language issue
• Fixed: Date format on About page should now be localized correctly
• Fixed: Version number in title bar and About page will now show if the version is pre-release

Change to .NET 8 🥅

• Starting with version 0.10.0, Windows Update Viewer uses the .NET 8 desktop runtime.
• .NET 8 is the current Long Term Support release of .NET and will be supported until November 2026.
• If you can't upgrade to .NET 8, you can still use Windows Update Viewer by choosing one of the self-contained versions to download.
• If you want to upgrade to .NET 8, you can find it here.

Translations ✍

My continuing thanks to all the people that have contributed translations and updates.

If you wish to contribute a translation, check out the Contribute a Translation topic in the Wiki. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Full Changelog: v0.5.26...v0.6.0

File Descriptions:

File Name	Description	Size
WindowsUpdateViewer_0.6.0.0_x64x86_Setup.exe	Installer, requires .NET 8 runtime to already be present	8.14 MB
WindowsUpdateViewer_0.6.0.0_SC_x64_Setup.exe	Installer, x64 arch, Self-Contained, .NET runtime not required	61.2 MB
WindowsUpdateViewer_0.6.0.0_SC_x86_Setup.exe	Installer, x86 arch, Self-Contained, .NET runtime not required	56.4 MB
WindowsUpdateViewer_0.6.0.0_x64x86_Portable.zip	Zip archive, requires .NET 8 runtime to already be present	11.6 MB
WindowsUpdateViewer_0.6.0.0_SC_x64_Portable.zip	Zip archive, x64 arch, Self-Contained, .NET runtime not required	84.4 MB
WindowsUpdateViewer_0.6.0.0_SC_x86_Portable.zip	Zip archive, x86 arch, Self-Contained, .NET runtime not required	78.4 MB

Checksums :

File Name	SHA256 Hash
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WindowsUpdateViewer_0.6.0.0_x64x86_Portable.zip	155251f149014b21e265c75675502739e8168a167c281a3f488f8e866f62e375
WindowsUpdateViewer_0.6.0.0_SC_x64_Portable.zip	adae7411f6150a8c599e1eb1af7291ca7fd861100738e3e5c16f418385fbcb9c
WindowsUpdateViewer_0.6.0.0_SC_x86_Portable.zip	0716b5588cf59c133f205932dff85f1bf7def6ee899a574a1f4146f70d75e6f7

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