[MonoDevelop] Why does MonoDevelop require .Net 4 on Windows?

[Stifu]

.NET is installed on many more Windows PCs than Mono is. That's why.
Besides, personally, I see the fact that MonoDevelop runs on .NET in a good
light: it highlights the high compatibility level between Mono and .NET.
Ensuring MonoDevelop runs with .NET let the Mono team fix a couple of bugs /
compatibility issues in Mono.


Rod wrote:
> 
> According to MonoDevelop download page for 2.6 beta 2 to run MonoDevelop
> on Windows you have to have Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0?  This seems
> crazy, if I am a Mono developer and I want to use only Mono on Windows and
> MonoDevelop is created by the Mono group why do they not use 2.10.x?  
> 
> Seems like MonoDevelop should work against the latest Mono 2.10.x, what
> does that say about MonoDevelop and the Mono Group confidence in Mono
> itself on Win32 if they don't use it themselves?
> 


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