[Mono-list] MonoDevelop 2.6 Beta 2 released

[Lluis Sanchez Gual]

The MonoDevelop team is proud to announce the release of MonoDevelop 2.6
Beta 2. This is the second release of a series of releases that will
lead to MonoDevelop 2.6.

MonoDevelop is a GNOME IDE primarily designed for C# and other .NET
languages. MonoDevelop enables developers to quickly write desktop and
ASP.NET Web applications on Linux, Windows and Mac OSX. MonoDevelop
makes it easy for developers to port .NET applications created with
Visual Studio to Linux and to maintain a single code base for all
platforms.

This release contains lots of new features and improvements. Here is a
summary of the new features:

      * Version Control
              * Added option for creating a Git repository when creating
                a new solution
              * New commands for creating, applying and managing Git
                stashes
              * Greatly improved Git log performance
              * Support for search in log view
              * Allow overriding the author when committing
              * Added rebase command
              * Added support for local repositories
              * Added wrapping option to the commit message style
                settings
      * Project Model
              * Added commands for importing/exporting policies
              * Support for external display bindings
              * Improved compatibility with Visual Studio file formats
      * Source Editing
              * Improved performance of the text editor
              * Improved on-the-fly formatting
      * Debugger
              * Improved handling of breakpoints. Breakpoints in invalid
                locations are not better detected.
      * Tools
              * The export-project tool now allows specifying which
                projects of a solution should be exported.
      * Mac OSX
              * The gettext add-in is now supported in Mac
              * Added support for creating Mac bundles using `mdtool`.
      * C / C++
              * Basic support for the Go-to-declaration command


A more complete description of what's new in MonoDevelop 2.6 is
available here:
http://monodevelop.com/Download/What%27s_new_in_MonoDevelop_2.6

Release notes:
http://monodevelop.com/Download/Release_Notes/Release_Notes_for_MonoDevelop_2.6_Beta_2

Sources and packages are available here:
http://www.monodevelop.com/Download

Enjoy!