Merge pull request #9283 from tmeschter/231012-BumpVersionInMain

Bump version number to 17.9

eng/pipelines/templates/build-pull-request.yml

@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ jobs:
   - powershell: npm --version
     displayName: Check npm version
 
+  # Ensure the .NET runtime needed by our unit tests is installed.
+  - task: UseDotNet@2
+    displayName: Install .NET Runtime
+    inputs:
+      packageType: runtime
+      # This should match the target of our unit test projects.
+      version: 7.0.x
+
   # Allows for accessing the internal AzDO feed (vs-impl-internal) for project restore via Azure Artifacts Credential Provider.
   # See: https://github.com/microsoft/artifacts-credprovider#automatic-usage
   # YAML reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/package/nuget-authenticate?view=azure-devops

version.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/Nerdbank.GitVersioning/main/src/NerdBank.GitVersioning/version.schema.json",
-  "version": "17.8",
+  "version": "17.9",
   "cloudBuild": {
     "setAllVariables": true
   }