XElement .Should().Be() gives false positives.

[dennisdoomen]

See original CodePlex issue.

[dennisdoomen]

A proper solution is proposed in http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericwhite/archive/2009/01/28/equality-semantics-of-linq-to-xml-trees.aspx. I've asked Eric White for permission.

[dennisdoomen]

We got approval from Eric. https://twitter.com/EricWhiteDev/status/449486245236711424

[adamvoss]

Thanks for asking Eric! I wasn't finding an e-mail address and don't use Twitter myself. There is a snag though. The Microsoft Limited Public License has the restriction that its grants are restricted to to works that run on Windows. I would need to read the full text of the Apache License to see if it is compatible (I doubt it); but even it it is, this would be a problem for the Xamarin folks.

Do you think he might be able to re-license under the Microsoft Limited Public License? That is certainly compatible for the binary distribution. At the source level that may force FA to license under the MSPL as well (It is not entirely clear to me if we can distribute a single-file licensed differently than the rest of the project or if the project would need to be re-license). Of course the least hassle would be if he could license under the Apache License (though BSD or MIT would also work).

[dennisdoomen]

After discussion with @vossad01, I'm going to implement the normalized comparison through the Should().BeEquivalent() method to prevent confusion with the current behavior.

[dennisdoomen]

Duplicate of #354.