[Mono-dev] Mono.Debugger support for platforms besides Linux x86

[Miguel de Icaza]

Hello,

> We have been receiving lots of reports from developers trying out 
> X-develop asking why debugging does not work with Mono on Mac OS X or 
> Windows. I think that the missing debugging capabilities constitute one 
> of the major hurdles for Mono adoption.
> 
> AFAIK the Mono.Debugger library currently supports only Linux x86 even 
> though there seems to be some code for supporting other platforms 
> already in place.
> 
> Is this actively being worked on?

The Mono Debugger today supports x86 and x86-64 platforms on Linux only.

Porting the debugger to more platforms is something we want to do, but
it is a lower priority that fixing the known bugs on the debugger, and
since Martin is also the maintainer of generics in the compiler, porting
the debugger is also a lower priority than coping with these bugs.

Miguel