ConfigurationErrorsException is found in both ServiceStack and System.Configuration.ConfigurationManger assemblies (netstandard)

Question

I use both the ServiceStack and System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager package in my .NET Standard library. I reference the ConfigurationErrorsException class specifically. My Visual Studio doesn't build because it doesn't know which assembly ConfigurationErrorsException is from.

The dotnet team has ported the System.Configuration namespace to netcore, so maybe now it's time to remove it from the ServiceStack assembly?

Source References

The System.Configuration namespace in ServiceStack: https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack/blob/0b84a5a638d4230e6211eba554796980fcdc1f3b/src/ServiceStack/Platforms/PlatformNetCore.cs

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager package: https://www.nuget.org/packages/System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager/

Source for ConfigurationErrorsException in the System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager package: https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/blob/a10890f4ffe0fadf090c922578ba0e606ebdd16c/src/System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager/src/System/Configuration/ConfigurationErrorsException.cs

Workaround

I already have a workaround by aliasing the ServiceStack assembly: https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/4989#issuecomment-310565840, but this seems hacky.

Request

It would be wonderful if the System.Configuration namespace, and with it the ConfigurationErrorsException class, is removed from ServiceStack netstandard library.

Answer 1

I've moved it to the ServiceStack namespace in this commit.

This change is available from v5.5.1 that's now available on MyGet.