Re: [Mono-dev] crn.com: »Sources: Microsoft In Talks To Acquire Mobile App Development Startup Xamarin«

2014-03-20 Thread Ian Norton
whaat!? article looks far from clear though. does this mean monodevelop is going to quietly die? or a license change? :/ On 19 Mar 2014 23:07, theUser BL theuse...@hotmail.com wrote: Microsoft is in the final stages of negotiations that could lead to either an acquisition or major investment

Re: [Mono-dev] crn.com: »Sources: Microsoft In Talks To Acquire Mobile App Development Startup Xamarin«

2014-03-20 Thread David Schmitt
I love how people jump to assuming the worst outcomes from the rumor mongering of a -- possibly fictional -- anonymous source. Regards, David On 2014-03-20 09:55, Ian Norton wrote: whaat!? article looks far from clear though. does this mean monodevelop is going to quietly die? or a license

Re: [Mono-dev] crn.com: »Sources: Microsoft In Talks To Acquire Mobile App Development Startup Xamarin«

2014-03-20 Thread Ian Norton
Yeah, maybe I panicked a little. Still, I think it would be a bad thing for mono (in free software terms), but I can see why it would be a good thing for MS from a strategic point of view. On 20 March 2014 09:16, David Schmitt da...@dasz.at wrote: I love how people jump to assuming the worst

Re: [Mono-dev] crn.com: »Sources: Microsoft In Talks To Acquire Mobile App Development Startup Xamarin«

2014-03-20 Thread Bryan Crotaz
It would be excellent for Xamarin users to get MS cash poured into bug fixing and ease of use (eg the compilation thread). Bryan Crotaz Silver Curve On 20 Mar 2014, at 09:56, Ian Norton inor...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, maybe I panicked a little. Still, I think it would be a bad thing for mono

Re: [Mono-dev] crn.com: »Sources: Microsoft In Talks To Acquire Mobile App Development Startup Xamarin«

2014-03-20 Thread David Schmitt
I see both. There is enormous potential for mono and -- without further details -- an equal amount of risks. I choose to trust in Miguel's integrity for now :-) Regards, David On 2014-03-20 11:00, Bryan Crotaz wrote: It would be excellent for Xamarin users to get MS cash poured into bug

Re: [Mono-dev] crn.com: »Sources: Microsoft In Talks To Acquire Mobile App Development Startup Xamarin«

2014-03-20 Thread theUser BL
Yeah, maybe I panicked a little. Still, I think it would be a bad thing for mono (in free software terms), Depends on, how Microsoft plans the future. I see three possibilities after acquiring Xamarin : 1. Letting Xamarin still an independent part. And so working on Mono _and_ .NET. But I

Re: [Mono-dev] crn.com: »Sources: Microsoft In Talks To Acquire Mobile App Development Startup Xamarin«

2014-03-20 Thread Brandon Perry
You are assuming they are buying Xamarin. The article says heavily investing as well, and given the track records of companies that have bought the company working (Novell - Attachmate for instance) on Mono, I wouldn't expect Miguel would go through that again (but really who knows, that is

Re: [Mono-dev] crn.com: »Sources: Microsoft In Talks To Acquire Mobile App Development Startup Xamarin«

2014-03-20 Thread Edward Ned Harvey (mono)
From: mono-devel-list-boun...@lists.ximian.com [mailto:mono-devel-list- boun...@lists.ximian.com] On Behalf Of Ian Norton whaat!? article looks far from clear though. does this mean monodevelop is going to quietly die? or a license change? :/ LOL, no. :-) Here's what it comes down to:

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2014-03-20 Thread Greg Young
Before go searching for what happening and whether its something odd here can anyone build trunk right now? I can build 3.2.8 no problem -- Le doute n'est pas une condition agréable, mais la certitude est absurde. ___ Mono-devel-list mailing list

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2014-03-20 Thread Andrés G. Aragoneses
On 20/03/14 18:08, Greg Young wrote: Before go searching for what happening and whether its something odd here can anyone build trunk right now? I can build 3.2.8 no problem Attaching the error message you get might help. (Also putting a subject in your email is not yet old-fashioned AFAIK)

Re: [Mono-dev] (no subject)

2014-03-20 Thread Greg Young
Didn't get one until the end and it was unable to stat mcs I thought I saw a SIGABORT somewhere along the way but it kept running. On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 7:14 PM, Andrés G. Aragoneses kno...@gmail.comwrote: On 20/03/14 18:08, Greg Young wrote: Before go searching for what happening and

Re: [Mono-dev] (no subject)

2014-03-20 Thread Greg Young
Just ran with redirected output this is the issue. AOT [build] mcs.exe.so Mono Ahead of Time compiler - compiling assembly /home/greg/mono/mcs/class/lib/build/mcs.exe * Assertion at method-to-ir.c:13337, condition `load_opcode != OP_LOADV_MEMBASE' not met Stacktrace: Native stacktrace:

Re: [Mono-dev] (no subject)

2014-03-20 Thread David Schmitt
My Jenkins built 6d405d4fd9575881920d398f54817cfb9c2054d5 successfully on Mar 19. Regards, David On 20.03.2014 18:08, Greg Young wrote: Before go searching for what happening and whether its something odd here can anyone build trunk right now? I can build 3.2.8 no problem -- Le doute n'est

Re: [Mono-dev] [GSoC-2014] Optimizing Switch statements

2014-03-20 Thread Marek Safar
Hello, I am interested in doing the C# Compiler switch statement enhancements for this years Google Summer of code. The last couple of days I have been going through the sourcecode for the C# compiler and the JIT compiler. The main question I have is where the focus of this project should

Re: [Mono-dev] GSOC2014: push-less x86 backend

2014-03-20 Thread Andrea Francesco Iuorio
I have submitted my official Melange proposal: https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/public/google/gsoc2014/panzone/5707702298738688 I already ask in the irc channel for some feedback, but i thought it could be useful to ask for more on this mailing list. I know i have to do some

[Mono-dev] FileSystemWatcher Class

2014-03-20 Thread Edward Ned Harvey (mono)
Can anybody comment on the state of FileSystemWatcher class, particularly on OSX? It looks good on the class compatibility page, and in fact I've been using it flawlessly for months on windows, and also flawlessly on linux for weeks... But now I'm trying to use it on OSX and I'm running into

Re: [Mono-dev] crn.com: »Sources: Microsoft In Talks To Acquire Mobile App Development Startup Xamarin«

2014-03-20 Thread Martin Thwaites
I was actually thinking of posting a question to the list when I saw that article but had the same reservations about the validity. Although it makes sense from a Microsoft perspective (imho) to back Xamarin (through purchase or through funding), I can only wonder whether they would eventually

Re: [Mono-dev] Inconsistent value in System.Diagnostics.DefaultTraceListener.AssertUiEnabled

2014-03-20 Thread Jonathan Pryor
On Mar 14, 2014, at 8:42 AM, MarLOne infoseeker...@gmail.com wrote: The function System.Diagnostics.Debug.Assert(bool, string) is not at fault as I have disassembled the Mono code. The fault lies in the property value of *System.Diagnostics.DefaultTraceListener.AssertUiEnabled* which is