[Mono-dev] Mono 3.6 release? (Mono-devel-list Digest, Vol 112, Issue 12)

[Bob Summerwill]

OK - I'll proceed with my own announcement.


Cheers,
Bob


On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Jo Shields <directhex at apebox.org> wrote:

>
> On 08/13/2014 01:47 PM, Bob Summerwill wrote:
>
>> I would be delighted to contribute all of these Tizen changes back to
>>>>
>>> Xamarin,
>>
>>> including reassigning copyright of all the build scripts and VM
>>>>
>>> building.
>>
>>  I would also be happy to pay for any VMs and storage capacity which you
>>>>
>>> need
>>
>>> to carry that.  Ditto for hardware costs for ARM on Linux.
>>>>
>>>
>> I guess the non-reply means "no thanks" on both of those offers?
>>
>> The Mono 3.6 Releases Notes page was created about a week ago:
>>
>>      http://www.mono-project.com/Release_Notes_Mono_3.6
>>
>> Xamarin.iOS-7.2.6 which was released about a week ago states "Mono
>> runtime/BCL updated to 3.6":
>>
>>      http://developer.xamarin.com/releases/ios/xamarin.ios_7/
>> xamarin.ios_7.2/
>>
>> As of yesterday the Mono Project downloads page is showing Mono 3.6 links:
>>
>>      http://www.go-mono.com/mono-downloads/download.html
>>
>> Damien notes ...
>>
>>      They did not tag the HEAD of the branch, but an older commit!  But we
>>      already had a set of RPMs based on that, so no rebuild was necessary.
>>      I have updated MonoTizen's gh-pages to point to the matching
>> binaries:
>>      2d7113a..9f8394f  gh-pages -> gh-pages
>>
>> So can we consider Mono 3.6 to be released?    Will there be a release
>> announcement today?
>>
>
> Yes, 3.6.0 is released now, I did the uploads yesterday evening. I'm still
> finding my feet on process and procedure for releases but that should
> improve in the coming months.
>
>  I will update the http://monotizen.com page to include links to the Tizen
>> RPMs, and make my own announcement.
>>
>
> In the short term, I think that's the best plan - there's a bucket of
> stuff on my TODO list to help reach a wider Linux-based audience, but I
> don't have the systems and procedures in place right now for anything
> Tizen-related to make sense (there's more to it than just adding some VMs).
>
> You would likely reach the Tizen developer community far more effectively
> than I would, right now. Down the line, as I find my feet more and get the
> underlying structures in place, coordinating becomes much easier.
>



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bob at summerwill.net
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