Question about supported platforms in polling watcher about corefxlab

[JeremyKuhne]

Given the extensions watcher I don't know of a reason to keep this around.

[danmoseley]

I actually don't know the status of System.IO.FileSystem.Watcher.Polling. We now have another polling file system watcher in Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Physical:
https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/c87e75e8ef260ccc6e979f9df1cc012536ee036f/src/libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Physical/src/PhysicalFileProvider.cs#L85

@eerhardt do you have context on this package? What is its future?

[BreyerW]

@danmosemsft ohh i never saw this project despite being relatively active lurker in runtime repo thanks. Still it would be nice to clarify the future of this package and maybe compare it against this new polling watcher?

[eerhardt]

Looks like @KrzysztofCwalina created it about 5 years ago, and it hasn't gotten much interest in the past 2 years.

Also tagging @JeremyKuhne who did some work on it years ago.

I'd propose we delete/archive this project as it appears to be inactive.

[BreyerW]

@JeremyKuhne just to be on the same page you mean FileProviders.Physical correct?

I have skimmed over this project and while i think ii will work to me it seems much less intuitive for general use and cant set your own interval (is hardcoded to 4 secs) when you need it although i guess i can reimplement it using watch(string)?

[JeremyKuhne]

just to be on the same page you mean FileProviders.Physical correct?

Yes, that was what I was referring to. Generally speaking, enhancing/improving one we already ship is a better place to start than adding a new one.