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

Bob Summerwill bob at summerwill.net
Thu Jul 3 15:00:25 UTC 2014


But perhaps this webpage will change, Miguel?

    http://monodevelop.com/Download

... with the openSUSE, SLE, Debian and Ubuntu binaries for MonoDevelop
becoming "first class citizens", co-released with Windows and Mac?


Cheers,
Bob



On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 7:32 AM, Miguel de Icaza <miguel at xamarin.com> wrote:

> 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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