v2024.11.09.0-rc1

[breaking change]

The required version of the .NET is bumped from .NET 6 to .NET 8.
If your system does not have .NET 8 yet, then you can download the .NET 8 runtime at https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/8.0/runtime.
Reason for that change is that Microsoft will end support for .NET 6 on 12th November 2024. From that date onwards, .NET 6 will not receive any maintenance or security fixes, so this application is switching to .NET 8, the current Long Term Support release of .NET.

[maintenance]

• Update certificate information for WinMerge installers.

Note: This is a release candidate to test the .NET 8 version of the program. Do not use it and use the next release instead.

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Binaries

• updater_setup_v2024.11.09.0-rc1.exe - installer for updater v2024.11.09.0-rc1
  SHA-256 checksum: 74d6348dfc8f0c133b3896e8cdfc0953aa276d0978b9e73e03ab67a67f8ffd0c
• updater_v2024.11.09.0-rc1.zip - installer-less version of updater v2024.11.09.0-rc1 (just extract to a location of your choice)
  SHA-256 checksum: ec84210d742a41b306f7950eae8ed87907a08f1e77d51111a86664c216d622b5