@sebastienros I'd like to circle back to the choice of upgrading to 4.6.1 as discussed on the PR: I think the argument for 4.6.1 was mainly about whether it's included in Windows Update. Based what I found in the version and dependency table, here's my take on the issue:

Orchard 1.10 shipped in March of 2016 with .NET 4.5.2 (which was released almost 2 years earlier), but .NET 4.5.2 is not included in any OS versions by default, so at some point you had to install it manually (I'm not sure if it was automatic with Windows Update, but it might've been).

.NET versions above 4.6.1 offer a lot of improvements in different areas (many are unrelated though), but some of them can still be significant performance, security, and/or quality of life improvements for Orchard-based development. In the meanwhile, we're also looking at NuGet package updates in #7998, so I think it's a good chance to give Orchard a nice refresh.

.NET 4.8 is not yet supported by Azure App Service for example, so I'd recommend 4.7.2: It has basically the same compatibility as 4.5.2 and is included in Windows 10 and Server versions older than a year now (Windows 10/Server 1803).

Uh oh!

Update target framework to 4.8 #8007

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