FW: [Mono-winforms-list] Want to contribute to new SWFimplementation ?

[hector_jimenez@ltv.org.mx]

I installed mono using the RPM packages for Red Hat 9.0
What does I need do for update my SWF implementation?
I need build and install mono from sources? if it is true, Can you list =
me the steps for do it?
Thanks.
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[mailto:mono-winforms-list-admin@lists.ximian.com] On Behalf Of Ravindra
Sent: Martes, 14 de Septiembre de 2004 04:23 a.m.
To: mono-winforms-list@ximian.com
Subject: Re: [Mono-winforms-list] Want to contribute to new =
SWFimplementation ?

People who are new to mono project might find this link useful,

http://www.mono-project.com/contributing/index.html

On Tue, 2004-09-14 at 14:43, Ravindra wrote:
> Hey guys,
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> Do you know that it is possible to hack the new SWF from windows as=20
> well as Linux box ? Please be informed that it is possible!
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> I have seen some people wanting to contribute to our new=20
> implementation of SWF, but finding it difficult to get the initial=20
> setup working. Here I have listed out some of the steps to get a =
working setup of new SWF.
> I'm going to list the steps for different types of hackers ;-)
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> 1. Linux hackers, who already have built and installed mono.
>  It is as simple as to eat cake. We have created a new directory=20
> called Managed.Windows.Forms parallel to System.Windows.Forms (old
> implementation) under /cvs/mcs/class directory. All you need to do is=20
> 'make clean' and 'make install' to get the new SWF installed. Running=20
> 'make install' command in new or old implementation of SWF overwrites=20
> the installed SWF dll.
> Please note that once you install the new SWF, you might face problems =

> while building 'mcs' next time. The reason is there are some libraries =

> e.g. Npgsql that depend on some of the SWF classes that are not yet=20
> implemented in the new implementation. To avoid this problem you can=20
> either install the old SWF before building the new mcs or you disable=20
> the build of those libraries which are depending on SWF once you get=20
> errors. To disable the build of a particular library, you can go to=20
> mcs/class/Makefile and remove/comment out the library name from the=20
> SUBDIRS variable.
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> 2. Linux hackers, who have not ever built mono.
>  You need to build and install mono and then follow steps above.
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> 3. Windows hackers, who run mono under cygwin.
>  You can work same way as Linux hackers.
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> 4. Windows hackers, who just want to work on SWF.
> (Following steps are for the hackers who are not comfortable with the=20
> cvs. People who know cvs already can simply checkout the 'mcs' module=20
> from mono cvs.)
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>  a] Install some cvs client that has commandline interface. WinCVS=20
> provides commandline interface.
>  b] Open a command terminal. Go to the directory where you want mcs to =

> be checked out.
>  c] Set an environment variable,
>     set CVSROOT=3D:pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.go-mono.com:/mono
>  d] Login to cvs server (press enter when prompted for password),
>     cvs login
>  e] Checkout mcs and other modules you want,
>     cvs -z3 co mcs mono winforms (this checks out mcs, mono and=20
> winforms)  Please note that mcs is the module that contains new as=20
> well as old SWF.
>  f] The checkout operation above creates a directory called 'mcs' in=20
> the current directory. Under .\mcs\class\Managed.Windows.Forms=20
> directory, you can find SWF.csproj file. You can open this file with =
VS.NET 2003.
> You might want to build the new SWF once it opens up in VS.NET.
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> Some notes for all SWF hackers:
> 1. Samples for SWF live under 'winforms' module in the cvs. You can=20
> checkout this as you might have done for 'mcs'.
> 2. Under mcs/class/Managed.Windows.Forms/ directory, we have some=20
> 'Design' and 'Guidelines' docs. 'Design' doc talks about the design of =

> the new implementation and 'Guidelines' doc talks about some of the=20
> conventions we are following for hacking the new implementation. We=20
> hope you would find these docs useful.
> 3. To get the latest sources you would need to update the=20
> Managed.Windows.Forms directory by setting the CVSROOT and running the =

> 'cvs update' command inside this directory. I recommend to update your =

> SWF code frequently as the code is changing almost everyday.
> 4. Please keep everyone on the list informed about the control you are =

> working on. So that, we don't duplicate the efforts.
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> I have tried to keep the steps as clear and complete as possible.=20
> Please let me know, if you are not covered by the four categories I=20
> have listed or you are facing any problems in setting up your=20
> environment for the new SWF.
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> Happy hacking SWF!
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> Regards,
> - Ravi
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