Tasks

• 1) Update Docker image, aiming to split it by framework to reduce image size. → Done by #2219 Upgrade Docker, CircleCI and update to net8.0, net9.0 target frameworks #2230 → More info in .NET 9: Upgrade plan #2219 (comment)
• 2) Update target frameworks in project files, specifically .csproj files. → Done by #2219 Upgrade Docker, CircleCI and update to net8.0, net9.0 target frameworks #2230
• 3) Update ReadMe.md (the main presentation file) and review the documentation. → Done by #2219 Documentation supporting .NET 8-9 #2258
• 4) Remove the BDDfy framework from the unit testing project. → Done by #2219 Remove the BDDfy framework from the unit testing project #2235
• 5) Review preprocessor directives for Regex objects, removing constructions targeted at old .NET6-7:
  See PR Best practices for regular expressions versus Regex performance review #1348 for follow-up. → Done by #2219 Remove preprocessor directives targeted at old .NET 6 and 7 #2239