Hi I already made everything, in OBS : http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/surfzoid:/DebianUbuntu:/Mono/ I586 should be ok, but OBS seems to have trouble with hte X86_64 machines. If you want to help me and OBS you are really welcome :-)
2010/1/11 B.R. <[email protected]>: > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 1:11 AM, daniel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Why is there no official support for ubuntu. >> >> I mean it is the largest desktop linux distribution. >> >> You support Windows which lets face it not all that many people use >> mono on windows, and why would they when .net runs on windows. Even mono >> develop uses the .net runtime on windows. And yet you have support for >> windows from day one. >> >> However if I want the latest mono on ubuntu I have to wait for the next >> version of the operating system to be released to get it. >> >> Do I have to wait for microsoft to release window 8 to get mono 2.6? no >> so why should I have to wait for it on ubuntu 10.04 to get it? >> >> End of rant. > > It's not really up to Novell here, it's up to the Debian/Ubuntu maintainers > to decide when new versions get supported. Part of the reason for this is > that Debian, and by extension Ubuntu, have very specific policies on how > things should be packaged (the Debian Free Software Guidelines are very > strict, and the Mono project does violate them in a few places), and Novell > simply haven't the resources to invest in hiring someone specifically to do > Debian (and by extension Ubuntu) packaging, so it's left up to the > maintainers who do a pretty good job with the time and resources they have. > The reason binaries are shipped for Windows with every release is because > there's no package specification to follow, so the binary packages are easy > to build (build the libs, put them in the right places, package them up in > an installer and you're good to go). > As far as what Ubuntu ships, Ubuntu isn't going to get a Mono later than > 2.4.3 until Lucid+1 at least, because Lucid is going to be a LTS release, > and will ship with 2.4.3, Mono's stable, long-term support branch. Debian > sid may already have 2.6 (I'm not 100% sure on this, don't have a box to > check on), and it should also have MonoDevelop 2.2. > If you want the packages now, you could always take the Debian packaging > setup for 2.4.x and try and update it to build the newer packages, or you > could build Mono from source without packages yourself if you want a newer > version, though I recommend you read the page on Parallel Mono Environments > before you do that. > --B.R. > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > > -- Cordially. Deploy your softwares for all platforms and finally update them in 3 clicks. Try now the OpenSource MonoOSC tool http://monoosc.sourceforge.net/ http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/surfzoid/ http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/surfzoid:/DebianUbuntu/ http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/surfzoid:/DebianUbuntu:/Mono/ windows take you more($), Linux give you more!! Political Power cannot be wisdom! Small Eric Quotations of the days: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
