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

[Alexander Trauzzi]

Hey Miguel,

What fantastic news for a Monday morning!  I actually just did a lap around
the room, you can ask my wife, she'll confirm it. LOL

At least on my own behalf, if not also from all those who have been waiting
patiently, thank you!

Just to clarify, does this also mean Ubuntu users can look forward to a
PPA, or will there still be some efforts necessary to take things the rest
of the way there?


- 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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