Is Enterprise Library still relevant?

I am going to port an old C++ application to C# and intend to replace the C++ custom written cross-cutting libraries with third party cross-cutting frameworks/libraries.   In particular, I have been reviewing the Enterprise Library
for the past week.   One issue that raises a significant red flag is that the version 6 of the Enterprise Library is not backwards compatible with version 5.   For example, a review of the developer guides from both versions shows that
the security, cashing and cryptography blocks found in version 5 have been removed in version 6.
I have not used the Enterprise Library before. But the lack of backwards compatibility alone seems to be a reason enough to avoid using Enterprise Library. That is, significant changes between versions would seem to make this library very impractical
to use.   So my question is the Enterprise Library still relevant/practical or would I be better off using other frameworks/libraries for crossing cutting issues (e.g.: FluentValidation, log4net)?

Hi
IB00,
Based on your description, you case related to Enterprise Library. I am afraid this is out of our support.
Visual C# forum is discuss and ask questions about the C# programming language, IDE, libraries,
samples, and tools.
For your issue, I would recommend you to ask in CodePlex. Here is a special forum for Enterprise Library.
https://entlib.codeplex.com/discussions
Thanks for your understanding and effort.
Best regards,
Kristin
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