Compatibility with other extensions based on MonoDevelop.Xml #278
Description
I am building a Visual Studio extension which also uses MonoDevelop.Xml. I found that when the MonoDevelop.MSBuildEditor extension is enabled together with my extension, both extensions stop working. The culprit is that both extensions declare the MonoDevelop.Xml.Editor assembly as a MEF component and that causes a conflict. If I remove the MEF component registration from my extension, both extensions work together, but then my extension does not work standalone.
I have no idea whether this could be fixed on my end, or both extensions and/or the underlying library need to be fixed. Any guidance?
Yet another problem is that the MonoDevelop.Xml library is not backwards compatible. The MonoDevelop.MSBuildEditor extension fails with a MissingMethodException when I use the latest version of the library in my extension. I worked around that by changing the strong name key of my library copy, so both can be loaded at the same time.