You mean someone *hasn't* downloaded .NET 3.5? :) The only impediment I can think of would be whether Mono's tools can handle it. I haven't touched Mono in ages, so I don't know one way or the other.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Lauryssen-Mitchell Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 9:31 AM To: 'Discussion of IronPython' Subject: Re: [IronPython] [Bulk] IronPython.sln and .NET 3.5/Visual Studio2008 No problem for lil 'ol me :) Robin > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Fugate > Sent: 28 November 2007 18:10 > To: Discussion of IronPython > Subject: [Bulk] [IronPython] IronPython.sln and .NET 3.5/Visual Studio > 2008 > > Hello IronPython Community, a couple months ago we began using the beta > versions of .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 for IronPython development. > With respect to the IronPython sources this means that we had to upgrade > the Visual Studio 2005 solution file, IronPython.sln, to Visual Studio > 2008. We are *not* using any new C# 3.0 features at this time and > actually pass a flag to the msbuild tool ensuring that we're building and > testing against .NET 2.0. > > Since this change occurred, we've been backporting solution file > modifications to the 2005 version and testing the 2008 version as well for > the 2.0 Alpha releases. Now that .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 have > been officially released, we'd like to begin distributing only the 2008 > solution file. The major reason for wanting to do this is so that we can > get IP releases out more quickly (i.e., no need to rerun all of our tests > on sources built under VS2005 or manually modify the 2005 solution file). > > The impact on Windows users who build IronPython from sources would be: > * It will be necessary to install .NET 3.5 or Visual Studio 2008 to get > the new version of msbuild > * When building IronPython.sln from the command-line, you'll need to pass > in an extra argument - "/ToolsVersion:2.0" - to msbuild > > We felt it would be best get feedback from users who build IP from sources > before making this change. Ideally we'd like to make the switch for the > next Alpha release (which should be available around the third week of > December), but the change could be delayed if there are many objections. > All comments are welcome! > > The IronPython Team > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com
