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

[Bob Summerwill]

Hey Chris and Miguel,

I need to support an "extra platform" too, for Tizen (see
http://monotizen.com).

Perhaps we can collaborate on producing some good standard "patterns" for
community-supported additional platform support?

It would be good if there was a simple way for additional platforms to hook
into common CI infrastucture (with contributed VMs), and to expose their
binaries through the Mono Project website in a common way.

It is great that Xamarin is bringing Linux support back up to first-class
support, but there will always be a role for community supported "lesser
platforms", and there is no need or benefit in trying to do those in the
same way as the core platforms.


Cheers,
Bob


On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 7:39 AM, Miguel de Icaza <miguel at xamarin.com> wrote:

> Hello Chris,
>
> I am not sure that we will cover every possible Linux, but we will try to
> cover the major Linux distributions/versions.
>
> So there is still room for other minor versions to keep their own builds
> going.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 7:34 AM, Chris Tacke <ctacke at opennetcf.com> wrote:
>
>> Does this mean you 'll start looking at hosting official packages for
>> other distros too?  For example, I currently maintain a 586 (not 686) build
>> for Wind River Linux.  For a variety of reasons, not having to do that
>> myself sure would be nice.
>>
>>
>>
>> -Chris
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* mono-devel-list-bounces at lists.ximian.com [mailto:
>> mono-devel-list-bounces at lists.ximian.com] *On Behalf Of *Miguel de Icaza
>> *Sent:* Monday, June 16, 2014 8:16 AM
>> *To:* Alexander Trauzzi
>> *Cc:* mono-devel
>> *Subject:* Re: [Mono-dev] Debian CI & PPA for Ubuntu/Debian
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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