Bug#602079: Replace Mono-provided Npgsql with official Npgsql

2013-09-27 Thread Stefan Bühler
Hi. The Npgsql contained in mono is crap. See https://github.com/mono/mono/blob/master/mcs/class/Npgsql/Npgsql/NpgsqlFactory.cs#L51 The usage of casts in that place should ring all alarm bells... and ofc they don't work: System.InvalidCastException Cannot cast from source type to destination

Bug#602079: Replace Mono-provided Npgsql with official Npgsql

2010-11-01 Thread Oskar Berggren
Package: libmono-npgsql2.0-cil Version: 2.6.7-3 The Npgsql version incorporated in Mono is Npgsql 1.0, though mono sets the version to either 1.0.5000.0 or 2.0.0.0 depending on Net 1.1 or 2.0. This is confusing since there is also an official Npgsql 2.0-series, now at 2.0.10, that is an entirely

Bug#602079: Replace Mono-provided Npgsql with official Npgsql

2010-11-01 Thread Jo Shields
On Mon, 2010-11-01 at 12:18 +0100, Oskar Berggren wrote: Please package Npgsql 2.0.10 for Debian. We try to avoid packaging libraries for the sake of it, as they rarely get the care and attention they need when not actively in use by anyone or anything. Is there anything using Npgsql which