[Mono-list] ubuntu support

[Daniel Hughes]

Just in case anyone cares about the numbers.

The stats from Wikimedia (think Wikipedia users) for market share are as
follows:

Ubuntu: 0.72% market share
Open SUSE: 0.05% of market share

So ubuntu has 14 times more users then Open SUSE. That's an order of
magnitude more users!
http://stats.wikimedia.org/archive/squid_reports/2011-03/SquidReportOperatingSystems.htm

The mono project can continue to ignore these numbers and pretend they will
go away. Or embrace the opportunity that these numbers represent.

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Daniel Hughes <trampster at gmail.com> wrote:

> How many of the mono team will want to continue to use an operation system
> from the company which has treated them so badly?
>
> I guess only time will tell.
>
> By the way I want to say a big thanks for the work that Mirco Bauer
> (meebey) and Jo Shields (directhex) does, I have thanked directhex many
> times myself. The sad state of mono on ubuntu is not there fault they do an
> amazing job considering that there is only two of them and they work unpaid
> in there spare time.
>
> I also want to say a big thank you to the mono team for producing such an
> great product, and I wish you the best of luck for the future.
>
> Yes I might moan and complain about how out of date mono is on ubuntu, but
> I really to appreciate the work you guys do. It has made developing Wide
> Margin a breeze.
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Bojan Rajkovic <severedcross at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> On May 16, 2011, at 11:43 PM, Daniel Hughes wrote:
>>
>> Currently all my volunteer time is going into Wide Margin. And
>> I foresee it taking up all my time in the near future.
>>
>> However my suggestion is that the mono project drops open suse and instead
>> supports ubuntu.
>>
>>
>> This would require no extra effort. And would get the latest mono to a
>> larger user base.
>>
>>
>> This is where you're wrong—it would require extra effort. Not many of the
>> "Mono team" members use Ubuntu (or any Debian-derivative, which means
>> learning a whole new set of package management/building tools), and as Jon
>> already pointed out, there are a very talented set of Debian packagers who
>> do a much better job of making available proper packages for Debian and
>> Debian derivatives than the Mono team ever could. There are better things
>> for the newly-minted Xamarin team to focus on than duplicating work that is
>> already done by two able and willing hands. If you want up-to-date Ubuntu
>> packages, donate some cash or better yet, some time to either Mirco Bauer
>> (meebey) or Jo Shields (directhex), who comprise the Mono packaging tag-team
>> for Debian.
>>
>> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Slide <slide.o.mix at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm sure no one would mind if you volunteered to help out.
>>>  On May 16, 2011 7:36 PM, "Daniel Hughes" <trampster at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > I looking for upto date packages,
>>> >
>>> > I"m still waiting for 2.8 packages and 2.10 packages.
>>> >
>>> > So what I'm looking for is when a new version of mono is released on
>>> the
>>> > same day the new Ubuntu packages are available. Not a year or two or
>>> three
>>> > later.
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Jonathan Pobst <monkey at jpobst.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> On 5/16/2011 8:45 PM, Daniel Hughes wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Can we expect official ubuntu support going forward?
>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>> >> How do you define "official ubuntu support"?
>>> >>
>>> >> The community has excellent Ubuntu packagers who know the best way to
>>> >> package Mono for Ubuntu, and submit these packages for inclusion in
>>> the
>>> >> official Ubuntu releases.
>>> >>
>>> >> So the short of it is: Mono is already packaged and included in
>>> Ubuntu.
>>> >>
>>> >> What more than that would you like to see?
>>> >>
>>> >> Jonathan
>>> >>
>>>
>>
>> —Bojan
>>
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