AjaxControlToolkit v7.1213 dependencies have grown

Question

The control toolkit now has new dependencies on System.Spacial, Microsoft.Data.Edm, Microsoft.Data.OData, Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ConfigurationManager and WindowsAzure.Storage!

Is this really necessary? Can I somehow bypass this bloat?

Answer 1

The only solution I've found to avoid those unnecessary dependencies is to use the version before they introduced the dependencies.

In the Package Manager Console one can execute the following command to install the correct version:

Install-Package AjaxControlToolkit -Version 7.1005.0

I very much look forward to the day they remove all those unnecessary dependencies and this workaround solution becomes unnecessary!