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Changed by [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=75116 --- shadow/75116 2005-06-02 03:05:15.000000000 -0400 +++ shadow/75116.tmp.6723 2005-06-02 03:05:15.000000000 -0400 @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +Bug#: 75116 +Product: Mono: Class Libraries +Version: unspecified +OS: All +OS Details: +Status: NEW +Resolution: +Severity: +Priority: Major +Component: CORLIB +AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] +ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] +QAContact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] +TargetMilestone: --- +URL: +Cc: +Summary: System.Environment.Version returns a fake .NET Framework based version number instead of the real Mono runtime version number + +Environment.Version is documented in the .NET Framework SDK Documentation +as the following: +"Gets a Version object that describes the major, minor, build, and +revision numbers of the common language runtime." + +This means that it should return the real version number of the runtime. + +.NET Framework returns the version of it's own runtime. +Portable.NET returns it's own version as well. + +Mono returns version numbers taken from .NET Framework version 1.0 RTM, +1.1 RTM, 2.0 Beta 2. + +The only way to obtain the version number of the runtime is to +execute "mono --version". There is no way to get it programmatically +either using umanaged or managed code. + +There is no use to return fake version numbers to provide .NET Framework +compatibility as it cannot be provided. + +If someone uses this number to determine the feature set of the runtime +or class library he will only be able to rely on the features of .NET +Framework as Mono has a different feature set. + +This propery is useful to display or log the version number of the +runtime. + +Altough it is not recommented if someone wants to use this version number +to determine the feature set of the runtime instead try to use the +features it's better if he can use the real version number. + +System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeEnvironment.GetSystemVersion() uses +this number but it shouldn't be changed as the version returned by +GetSystemVersion has no meaning on Mono it is for the umnanaged API of +mscoree.dll. + +This property is used by remoting in: +System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Http.HttpClientChannel +System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Http.HttpServer +System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Http.HttpServerChannel +And by web services: +System.Web.Services.Protocols.HttpWebClientProtocol +And by some utilities to display version number. + +It should be evaluated whether the version number of .NET Framework is +required it the above situations. + +But generally I think this propery should return the version of Mono +runtime. _______________________________________________ mono-bugs maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-bugs
