On 11/01/06, Jonathan Pryor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Something implied by "better tools to develop software" is "more > productive developers." Mono *does* do this, as is seen with F-Spot, an > imaging application written entirely by one person, never mind all the > other useful Gtk# apps that have shown up (Tomboy, Blam!, Beagle...).
Where are the rest though? The same apps are always mentioned, so it's obvious people *aren't* choosing to use Mono over the alternatives. > There is an emphasis on autotools because developers are familiar with > it, and it has minimal dependencies. If you prefer, you could use NAnt. > Or you can use MonoDevelop's project files. There are a number of > solutions that exist. However, all alternative solutions complicate > other things, such as requiring some tool be installed (NAnt, > MonoDevelop). This doesn't matter if the tool is already installed for > you, but if you're installing from scratch it's one more thing you need > before you can work. This is the advantage of autotools -- it's > everywhere. Alas, it's also non-ideal for Win32. Why don't we bundle one of the alternatives with Mono then? > The only advantage of CPAN-like systems is that it's easy to use. It's also a damn sight more up-to-date. > See also: > http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/mono-devel-list/2005-July/013412.html Interesting thread - does anyone know if there's been any further progress? Cheers, -- Dave Murphy (Schwuk) http://schwuk.com _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
