What do you need the "DEBUG MONO" constant for? The default "Debug" configuration doesn't work?
What version of Mono do you use? I think 2.8 should be the target for IronRUby. Tomas -----Original Message----- From: ironruby-core-boun...@rubyforge.org [mailto:ironruby-core-boun...@rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Michael Letterle Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 8:02 PM To: ironruby-core@rubyforge.org Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] Contributing? Along the lines of IronRuby on mono, a small change was required for now since Mono doesn't implement one of the newer Monitor.TryEnter overloads, see my branch here: http://github.com/mletterle/ironruby/tree/linux compiles with: xbuild /property:TreatWarningsAsErrors=false /property:DefineConstants="DEBUG MONO" Ruby.csproj Working on getting IronRuby.Console compiled now... already ran into a casing issue >.< On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Jonathan Allen <grauenw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would caution you against moving too far away from Microsoft > Technology, lest you alienate Windows developers. > > 1. If this project is going to be owned by Mono, then it would be > reasonable to move to GitHub. But to drop CodePlex just because you > feel like being stubborn isn't. > > 3. One of the biggest barriers for Windows developers who want to > contribute to Mono is the project/build system. When looking at it for > the first time it is really hard to just figure out where to start. > And they certainly don't want to go back to editing source files with > notepad. So while being able to build without Visual Studio is > important, be careful not to remove the VS/MSBuild option. > > > Jonathan Allen > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Mike Moore <blowm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> With a brave new world ahead for IronRuby, what do you all think >> about the following ideas? >> 1) Move to GitHub - I won't likely contribute if I have to use CodePlex. >> And I'd like to contribute. Can we do like the rest of Mono and make >> GitHub the central repository and source of all truth? Please? >> 2) Detach IronPython - Looking through the code, it seems that >> IronPython is in the same repo. I'm sure this is a holdover of how >> Microsoft had everything organized. And I'm sure it made sense then, >> but I don't think it makes sense now. I'd like to work on IronRuby, >> and I honestly don't care about having to check IronPython. Now that >> the DLR API is fixed, and there is no longer one Microsoft group in >> charge of both projects, can we move these into separate repos? >> 3) Detach from Visual Studio - I'm not on Windows, and I won't be >> using Visual Studio. I'd prefer everything to build with rake tasks >> on Windows and Mono. I assume things are the way they are right now >> because of Microsoft's build process. And right now it does not seem >> possible for me to build without Visual Studio. What about devs who >> are using MonoDevelop? Or any of the more powerful text editors? I'm >> convinced this is a major hurdle to getting many of the other Rubyist >> language implementors involved. Assuming I am not alone on this, is >> it possible we can make this project reflect the realities of the majority >> of folks that would like to contribute? >> 4) Remove ancillary projects into their own repos - IronRuby.Rack >> should live in its own repo, IMO. So should the Visual Studio tools. >> This is similar to separating IronPython into its own repo, but it >> needs to go further. Are there any reasons this should not be done? >> What else do you guys think needs to change now that IronRuby is free >> from Microsoft's processes? >> _______________________________________________ >> Ironruby-core mailing list >> Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core >> > > > > -- > Jonathan Allen > 619-933-8527 > > _______________________________________________ > Ironruby-core mailing list > Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core > > -- Michael Letterle IronRuby MVP http://blog.prokrams.com _______________________________________________ Ironruby-core mailing list Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core _______________________________________________ Ironruby-core mailing list Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core
