Release 6.0.0

Since previous release candidate final release contains following changes:

.NET 10 support
EF.Core 10 integration
LINQPad driver releases now syncronized with Linq To DB releases
extension methods that vere available on DataConnection class now available for DataContext-based contexts too
DistinctBy support
Improved translation of aggregate and window functions
string.Join translation and better translation of Sql.ConcatStrings and Sql.StringAggregate calls
and many more small features and fixes to defects and regressions from prerelease versions

Provider-specific changes:

[Oracle] implement fixes for ORA-01704 string literal too long errors on big LOB parameters
[SQL Server 2025] Better VECTOR type support including mappings to float[] and mappings for vector functions
[SQLite] add System.Data.SQLite 2 provider support
[SQLite] fixes to all known issues n SQLite schema provider
added early preview of new provider for YDB database for early adopters

For full list of changes check this page

New Contributors

@tacosontitan made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4482
@freakalis made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4493
@boginw made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4608
@riktimmondal made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4635
@johnjuuljensen made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4776
@altbodhi made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4804
@gubser made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4853
@sksk571 made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4885
@denis-tsv made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4916
@rameel made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4918
@ffried made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4957
@Akilaydin made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4970
@GulpakMarina made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4868
@ACaiCat made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/5046
@danielcrenna made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/5071
@Seramis made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/5117
@AidenFuller made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/5025

Full Changelog: https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/compare/v5.4.1...v6.0.0

New Contributors

@tacosontitan made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4482

@freakalis made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4493

@boginw made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4608

@riktimmondal made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4635

@johnjuuljensen made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4776

@altbodhi made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4804

@gubser made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4853

@sksk571 made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4885

@denis-tsv made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4916

@rameel made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4918

@ffried made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4957

@Akilaydin made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4970

@GulpakMarina made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/4868

@ACaiCat made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/5046

@danielcrenna made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/5071

@Seramis made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/5117

@AidenFuller made their first contribution in https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/pull/5025

Full Changelog: https://github.com/linq2db/linq2db/compare/v5.4.1...v6.0.0