[Mono-dev] List of cleanup candidates for Mono 4.0

[Miguel de Icaza]

Hey Alex,

* gmcs/dmcs -> they just redirect to mcs now and without the 2.0
> etc profiles it doesn't make sense to still have them
>

I like to keep them, to avoid breaking third party build scripts.

The removal of frameworks requires that the upstream packages actually work
on Mono, and I do not know if this is the case.

That said:


> * EntityFramework -> apart from the fact that we ship a horribly outdated
> version right now, I see no reason to include this hefty 5+MB DLL in Mono
> given that EF is open-source and available on NuGet
>

I think this one can go, there is an active set of users using it on Unix
from NuGet.


> * aspnetwebstack (i.e. MVC+WebApi) -> same reasons as for EF, open-source
> and on NuGet, should be used from there
>

I am actually not sure about this one, is that really the case?


> * Rx -> I'm not really familiar with this one, but I think it's also on
> NuGet+open source
>

This one I know contains patches that make it work on Mono.   Without
these, they wont work.  So this might have to wait.

Miguel
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