[Mono-bugs] [Bug 71887][Wis] Changed - detect .NET binaries and automatically invoke them with mono

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Changed by atsushi@ximian.com.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=71887

--- shadow/71887	2005-01-27 17:26:55.000000000 -0500
+++ shadow/71887.tmp.27218	2005-01-29 06:36:19.000000000 -0500
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 Product: Mono: Class Libraries
 Version: unspecified
 OS: All
 OS Details: 
 Status: NEW   
 Resolution: 
-Severity: 
+Severity: Unknown
 Priority: Wishlist
 Component: System
 AssignedTo: mono-bugs@ximian.com                            
 ReportedBy: 4lw0e0402@sneakemail.com               
 QAContact: mono-bugs@ximian.com
 TargetMilestone: ---
@@ -74,6 +74,20 @@
 wants the child process to be executed with a different runtime. One 
 possibility is a program such as the START.EXE which Win9x is bundled 
 with; invoking "start WindowTest.exe" is effectively identical to 
 invoking "WindowTest.exe" directly, and would provide an "escape hatch" 
 for user code that wanted to bypass common sense. ("START.EXE", which the 
 FileName property would point at, would not be detected as a .NET binary.)
+
+------- Additional Comments From atsushi@ximian.com  2005-01-29 06:36 -------
+I don't think user applications ALWAYS expect to run ANY managed code
+application with Mono, especially when we use mono on Windows.
+
+On Linux, you can use binfmt configuration on your machine and then
+"mono blahblah.exe" will not be required.
+"Question: Can I run Mono applications without using 'mono program.exe'?"
+http://www.mono-project.com/about/technical.html#platforms
+
+"Binary compatibility" depends on users code. For example, ".NET on
+windows" developers often specify case-insensitive filenames. It's not
+our blame, but those developers. Our managed code runs programs as
+users wrote to do so. It is the "binary compatibility".