[Mono-list] Fresh install

[Paul]

Hi,

> > > For instance, should I install mono from the SuSE 
> > > installation disks, or should I not do that but rather install mono via 
> > > red carpet or something?
> > 
> > >From source. I would *always* recommend from source unless the person
> > does not feel technically up to the task in which case,
> 
> Uhm, what issues have you found with your packages? I know that we
> aren't able to support gtk# on a distro the day it comes out. 

I think it slightly more that "a day" when FC1 and FC2 came out. If
memory servers me right, there was even talk of it not being supported!

> But for
> mono itself our packages should work flawlessly. OTOH, compiling takes a
> bit of time and is error prone.

Yep. I'll agree with that. Hmmm, how long have I been compiling mono
from source now?

> > red carpet has
> > the most up to date versions (usually)
> 
> Red Carpet will *always* have the same version as the downloads page
> has. We were bad about this before the spring when I revamped our build
> system. It should always be up to date now.

Shows how long it's been since I've used it ;-)

TTFN

Paul
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