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Update readme with 5.0 release version info. (#655)
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# Neo4j .NET Driver
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This is the official Neo4j .NET driver for connecting to Neo4j 4.0.0+ databases via in-house binary protocol Bolt.
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This is the official Neo4j driver for .NET.
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Resources to get you started:
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* [Nuget](https://www.nuget.org/profiles/Neo4j) for getting the latest driver.
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For users who wish to migrate from 1.7 series to 4.0, checkout our [migration guide](#migrating-from-17-to-40).
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## Versions
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Starting with 5.0, the Neo4j Drivers will be moving to a monthly release cadence. A minor version will be released on the last Friday of each month so as to maintain versioning consistency with the core product (Neo4j DBMS) which has also moved to a monthly cadence.
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As a policy, patch versions will not be released except on rare occasions. Bug fixes and updates will go into the latest minor version and users should upgrade to that. Driver upgrades within a major version will never contain breaking API changes(Excluding the Neo4j.Driver.Experimental namespace).
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See also: https://neo4j.com/developer/kb/neo4j-supported-versions/
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### Getting the Driver
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The Neo4j driver is distributed under three packages:
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As a result, it can be compiled and run on linux machines after installing for example .NET Core 2.0 library.
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As for IDE, we recommend Rider for daily development.
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The integration tests require [boltkit](https://github.com/neo4j-contrib/boltkit) to be installed and accessible via command line.
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If any problem to start a Neo4j Server on your machine, you can start the test Bolt Server yourself at `localhost:7687` and then set environment variable `DOTNET_DRIVER_USING_LOCAL_SERVER=true`
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If any problem to start a Neo4j Server on your machine, you can start the test Bolt Server yourself at `localhost:7687` and then set environment variable `DOTNET_DRIVER_USING_LOCAL_SERVER=true`

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