Could a service like https://ci.appveyor.com/ not be used to set up a proper windows build?
On 16 October 2014 12:44, Bryan Crotaz <[email protected]> wrote: > Q: Why do I want to debug on Windows? > A: Resharper > > On 16 October 2014 11:38, Edward Ned Harvey (mono) < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > From: Alex J Lennon [mailto:[email protected]] >> > >> >> Generally >> >> speaking, the only reasons to build on windows are because you want to >> >> debug the code, which is generally better done on mac/linux. Or you're >> >> trying to accomplish something else, like obtain a specific DLL (such >> as >> >> Mono.Data.Sqlite)... Which usually you can obtain some other way such >> as >> >> building on linux and then copying the DLL over to windows. >> > >> > Agreed, but the the other reason is that you want to use a current Mono >> > yet nobody has gotten around to an official release of Mono for WIndows >> > since 3.2.3. >> >> Agreed, but that's the point - Why would you want to use Mono on >> windows? The only reasons I know of are (a) you wish to debug the mono >> sources using Visual Studio, or (b) you wish to use one of Mono's >> assemblies in windows, such as Mono.Security, Mono.Data.Sqlite, etc. >> >> For case (a), at least for me, it's been easier to transition to Xamarin >> Studio or Monodevelop on mac/linux. >> >> For case (b) I was able to brainlessly copy Mono.Security.dll, and I >> struggled a little bit to copy Mono.Data.Sqlite.dll, but after a few tries, >> managed to get it right more easily than getting it to build natively on >> windows. >> _______________________________________________ >> Mono-devel-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list >> > > > > -- > Bryan Crotaz > Managing Director > Silver Curve > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-devel-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list > >
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