[Mono-list] SPAM-LOW: Re: NUnit Version - Upgrade soon?

[Atsushi Eno]

I don't know any problem on using the latest or any development versions
of NUnit under Mono in the same way as .NET users do i.e. install his or
her favorite versions of it in the GAC.

That is irrelevant to what Mono team uses. It blocks no one from using
other versions. Or people can even overwrite the pre-installed version.

Atsushi Eno

Charlie Poole wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
>>>> This isn't a criticism - just something I'm trying to get an 
>>>> understanding about. There seems to be some obstacle to NUnit 
>>>> adoption (I don't mean obsolete versions, but up to date 
>> ones) in the 
>>>> Mono community and I'd like to figure out the reasons.
>>> I assume it is just because of the build complexity. Very 
>> few people 
>>> know what'd go on there ;-)  And we don't think the existing old 
>>> version is fine.
>> Err, I mean, we don't think the existing old version is problematic.
> 
> If you mean not problematic for building Mono, I agree.
> 
> However, if the version you use to build Mono is then built into
> the binary distribution of Mono, it becomes available for use
> in writing applications. That's what I see as problematic.
> 
> IMO, there should be a distinction between the NUnit you use
> to build Mono - call it the bootstrap NUnit - and the NUnit
> that runs on top of Mono for use by folks developing applications.
> 
> If that separation is once made, I think it can then become very 
> easy to upgrade the application version, when needed.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> 
> 
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