[Mono-list] Xcopy deployment of dlls

[Chris Aitken]

> > Is mono supposed to support xcopy deployment?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > I have to restart xsp (actually apache2 with mod_mono) 
> everytime I add 
> > a new dll to my ./bin/ directory.
> 
> That's not XCOPY Deployment, at least as I understand it.
>
> XCOPY deployment is the ability to run an application 
> *without* running an installer first.  Thus the application 
> is location-independent, and deploying (installing) to 
> another machine is as simple as copying the application.
> 
> What you want is the ability for xsp to restart the AppDomain 
> whenever it notices that a DLL has changed within the bin 
> directory.  Last I knew, this wasn't entirely functional as 
> the FileSystemWatcher wasn't entirely functional.

So what you're saying is "Mono is supposed to support xcopy deployment, but
currently doesn't"?

Any member of the Mono team like to give a definative answer about this?

Chris


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