Standard: System.IO.Ports missing in .NET Standard 2.0

[boukenka]

Hello,

Is there any plan in a near future to have in .NET Standard 2.x the System.IO.Ports library?
Or never because it is too much specific or not enough used / popular?
Thanks for any answer

PS: Link for this API in .NET API catalog: https://apisof.net/catalog/System.IO.Ports

[weshaggard]

There aren't any plans to make System.IO.Ports part of .NET Standard as it is a little too specific and can be implemented as an extension on top of .NET Standard which is what I expect will happen with it. If you are interested in a .NET Core port see https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/984.

[mguinness]

For others that are interested System.IO.Ports contains a SerialPort class.

[bishoybt]

Why is it in the API browser then?
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/?term=serialport&view=netcore-2.0

[mguinness]

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2017/11/16/announcing-the-windows-compatibility-pack-for-net-core/

[fleed]

@mguinness The Windows compatibility pack should fix it for Windows. But what about Linux? Will it not work? Or would we need Mono?

[mguinness]

See discussion at https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/18012.