[Mono-list] Binaries naming

Paolo Molaro lupus@ximian.com
Wed, 15 Oct 2003 12:27:25 +0200


On 10/14/03 Asier Llano Palacios wrote:
> Mono and pnet will still block each other, but at least Mono will have a
> consistent naming and easy for newbie people.
> 
> I really don't mind that mono blocks pnet because I'm planning to use only
> Mono, but as a Linux user I would prefer to have open alternatives. That's
> why I love Linux, because the possibility of choosing. 

Mono provides at least some of the same binary names as MS because
they can be called directly by other programs, so it's a compatibility
issue, it has nothiing to do with blocking other projects.
The distributions are supposed to make it easy to install both packages
if they choose to include them or if you manage your own box, it's up to
you to use different prefixes or rename the binaries.

lupus

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