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PowerShell 7 released in March, dropping the “Core” name, gaining backwards compatibility and becoming the main version. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powersh
by jodrellblank 6y ago
PowerShell 7 released in March, dropping the “Core” name, gaining backwards compatibility and becoming the main version.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/announcing-PowerShell-7-0/ https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/announcing-PowerSh...
- chaosharmonic 6y agoIt still isn't default on Windows yet, though, because it doesn't have full parity with the legacy version.
- jodrellblank 6y agoIt still isn't default on Windows because they separated it from Windows so they could ship new versions of PowerShell faster than new versions of Windows are shipped[1]. The renumbering to the major version 7 was intended to communicate compatibility (via loading 5.1 internally where necessary). I don't know that it's certain it ever will be default on Windows, IIRC the last things I read were that it might become an optional package in Windows. [1] Six-monthly, now moving to annually to align with new versions of .Net Core.