[Mono-dev] Mono support on Fedora, Ubuntu, Solaris, etc.

[pablosantosluac at terra.es]

Ok, signed up at blastwave.

Andrew Jorgensen escribió:
> We'll build for Mac OS X on PPC and x86 still but we would appreciate
> help with Solaris.
>
> What I'm trying to do for solaris is start maintaining the packages on
> Blastwave.org.  They have a build infrastructure and lots of packagers
> to help us with packaging and build difficulties.  Go to
> http://wiki.blastwave.org/ and click on the "Join Us" link.  Mention in
> the "Additional Notes" that you want to help maintain the mono packages.
>
> If you had something else in mind let me know, but I think that hosting
> it on blastwave will give it the best exposure inside the solaris
> community.
>
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>>>> "pablosantosluac at terra.es" <pablosantosluac at terra.es> 09/16/08 1:14
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> PM >>>
> Hi there,
>
> I think we can commit to keep builds for
>
> - Solaris x86
> - Solaris SPARC
> - Mac PPC
>
> (And hopefully soon HP-UX, but not yet).
>
> But, we'd need some help starting up since I expect some problems 
> building in Solaris.
>
>
> pablo
>
>
> www.plasticscm.com
>
>
> Andrew Jorgensen escribió:
>   
>> The Mono Team is looking for volunteers to maintain packages for
>>     
> several platforms.  We receive many bug reports and request for help
> which ultimately turn out to be incompatibilities between the packages
> we build and platforms we do not test them on.  The Generic Linux
> installer has been especially problematic in this regard.
>   
>> Historically it was important for us to provide packages for
>>     
> distributions that did not carry Mono.  With all major distributions
> already including some version of Mono it's time to focus on ensuring
> that they include the best version and that it's packaged in the best
> way.
>   
>> For these reasons we have decided that the Mono team will only release
>>     
> binaries for platforms we test.  This includes the latest openSUSE
> (11.0), the latest SuSE Linux Enterprise (SLE 10), Windows, and MacOSX. 
> The Generic Linux installer has already been dropped.  This new policy
> will take effect immediately and will impact the 2.0 release.
>   
>> This does not mean that we don't want Mono to run well on other
>>     
> distributions. On the contrary we want to give our users and developers
> the best experience possible.  The best way to do this is to have better
> cooperation with members of the major distribution projects.
>   
>> Ideally we'd like to have each distribution provide packages for their
>>     
> own releases.  For instance we would love to have an Ubuntu PPA with the
> latest mono.  I don't know if Fedora has something similar but we can
> use the openSUSE Build Service to build packages for RedHat derivatives
> if they don't.  Our hope is that this will lead to better mono support
> on all the major distributions.
>   
>> We are also looking for a volunteer who is passionate about Mono on
>>     
> Solaris to maintain packages on Blastwave.
>   
>> If you are a packager for one of these projects and / or have the
>>     
> skills to help in this way please contact me.  If possible we would like
> to have packages for all these platforms available when 2.0 is released
> in late September (more likely early October).
>   
>> Andrew Jorgensen
>> Mono / Moonlight Package Maintainer
>>
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