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16.11 release note update #6586

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## MSBuild 16.11.0

This version of MSBuild will ship with Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11.0 and .NET SDK 5.0.400.
This version of MSBuild shipped with Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11.0 and .NET SDK 5.0.400.
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NIT: I think it should be is shipped or for better active instead of passive, should be rephrased using ships as:
This version of MSBuild ships with Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11.0 and .NET SDK 5.0.400.

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I prefer past tense here because this release is in some ways just a pointer to the "standard" ways to get MSBuild: through VS or the .NET SDK.

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@rainersigwald
thanks for your reply! ok, I understand now 🙂


### What's new

* MSBuild now supports long paths in the 64-bit `amd64\MSBuild.exe` executable.
* New version properties `MSBuildFileVersion` (4-part, matches file version) and `MSBuildSemanticVersion` (matches package versions) are now available for use (#6534).

### Detailed release notes

#### Added
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* Allow `ResolveAssemblyReferences` precomputed cache files to be in read-only locations (#6393).
* 64-bit `al.exe` is used when targeting 64-bit architectures (for real this time) (#6484).
* Builds with `ProduceOnlyReferenceAssembly` no longer expect debug symbols to be produced (#6511). Thanks, @Zastai!
* 64-bit `MSBuild.exe` supports long paths (and other .NET default behaviors) (#6562).
* Non-graph builds no longer crash in the experimental project cache (#6568).
* The experimental project cache is initialized only once (#6569).
* The experimental project cache no longer tries to schedule proxy builds to the in-proc node (#6635).

#### Infrastructure

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* Switched to OneLocBuild for localization PRs (#6561).
* Moved to latest Ubuntu image for PR test legs (#6573).

#### Documentation
## MSBuild 16.10.2

This version of MSBuild shipped with Visual Studio 2019 version 16.10.2 and will ship with .NET SDK 5.0.302.
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Same as line 4 comment, should be is shipped unless it is emphasizing on the past state of 16.10.2


#### Fixed

* Fixed a regression in the `MakeRelative` property function that dropped trailing slashes (#6513). Thanks, @dsparkplug and @pmisik!
* Fixed a regression in glob matching where files without extensions were erroneously not matched (#6531).
* Fixed a change in logging that caused crashes in Azure DevOps loggers (#6520).

## MSBuild 16.10.2

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