True, as long as the announcement is made on the go-mono home page, the release works with the latest runtime release, and good instructions on how to set everything up is included in the announcement and distribution.
Basically, though, the easier you make things for the end-user the more likely they are to be successful quickly with the technology and be encouraged to continue their use/experimentation. Many people have short attention spans when trying out new technology and once burned are even less likely to try the technology again later. (I know many potential Linux converts who tried it too soon and have set-in-stone opinions now about it's viability. I know this doesn't reflect the general nature of those who inhabit the mono community but the more press exposure mono gets the more incumbent it is to make the technology easy to use. People will start to visit the technology and if they find it a difficult proposition (compared to a setup.exe install on windows perhaps and some double-clickable samples) they may pass on it and, worse, share their negative experiences with their peers. I've seen this in the real world especially in regards to desktop Linux and it's frustrating. Mono will always be great for me but I'd sure love to see it succeed wildly in the mainstream and help boost Linux!) Sorry for the diatribe! I'll go back to lurking on the list now... :-) Will On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 13:43, Paolo Molaro wrote: > On 07/25/02 William Wise wrote: > > Even in an early form I'm inclined to believe that inclusion of the > > ASP.NET stuff would be of GREAT interest as even your comments re: the > > O'Reilly presentation seem to indicate. Maybe adding a simple > > readme_asp.txt file in the root directory with instructions on how to > > use/test the xsp stuff and a disclaimer re: completeness of the > > implementation would be helpful to address the concerns you mentioned? > > The XSP package can be released separately from the rest of mono, there is > no reason to tie it to the runtime release. > > lupus > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian/rules > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Monkeys do it better > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
