[Mono-dev] Debian CI & PPA for Ubuntu/Debian

[Miguel de Icaza]

Hello Alex,

Xamarin Studio is just our Android/iOS add-in, and the branding addin on
top of a vanilla Xamarin Studio.

Those addins require an SDK that is not available on Linux, so it does not
make much sense to ship those.

Miguel


On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Alexander Trauzzi <atrauzzi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey Miguel,
>
> I also forgot to ask, does this mean there will also be a release of
> Xamarin Studio for the targeted Linux distributions?
>
>
> - Alex
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Miguel de Icaza <miguel at xamarin.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Alexander,
>>
>> We are getting our house in order in terms of Linux support.   Jo
>> Shields, one of the Mono/Debian maintainers will be joining Xamarin this
>> July to work on both keeping our packages up to date on Linux, as well as
>> restoring our sanity when it comes to regressions, public CI and other
>> services that have languished.
>>
>> We really wish he could start earlier, but he had to wrap up a long
>> commitment with his current employer.
>>
>> That said, we look forward for a bright and lovely future for Mono on
>> Linux again.
>>
>> Miguel
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 6:07 AM, Alexander Trauzzi <atrauzzi at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello to the Mono devel list!
>>>
>>> I started a discussion this weekend on ubuntu-devel-discuss to talk
>>> about Mono on that platform and getting more current versions available.
>>> You can catch up here:
>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2014-June/015005.html
>>>
>>> As we started to untangle things, it came up that the current CI for
>>> Mono on Debian is currently not working.  I'm not familiar with building
>>> Mono or properly packaging software, however I'm wondering if this is
>>> something Xamarin/Mono could take a look at?
>>>
>>> I know historically this relationship has been a bit strange, but what
>>> I'm looking for here as a "user" of Mono is for the two sides to somehow
>>> come together -- I think there's a decent amount interest in having the
>>> latest & greatest available on Ubuntu.
>>>
>>> Failing all that, perhaps at the very least, the discussion here on this
>>> list could focus on what exactly it would take (from Mono/Xamarin's
>>> perspective) to get current versions of Mono flowing on Ubuntu again.
>>>  Also, feel free to jump over to the other discussion if it's appropriate.
>>>
>>> Before I finish, a choice tweet from a while back:
>>> https://twitter.com/migueldeicaza/status/442491724683018241
>>>  This might just be me, but ensuring developers on Ubuntu are on the
>>> same footing as Mac/Windows would definitely go a long way towards that
>>> hope.
>>>
>>> All the best!
>>>
>>>
>>>   Alexander Trauzzi
>>>   atrauzzi at gmail.com
>>>
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>>
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