[MonoDevelop] Tarball and binary files

[Timotheus Pokorra]

Hello Andres, and Jo,

> I think it depends on the distro's policies. In debian, for example, this
> would be strictly forbidden. And when this happens, the packagers modify the
> software with downstream patches to comply with this guidelines (in the
> debian case, they add the suffix 'dfsg' to the package name, to know that it
> has been "adapted").
Thanks for the suggestion. I checked the way the debian package is
built, at https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/monodevelop

If I understand correctly, the rules file downloads the official
tarball, and then strips away all dlls:
http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-cli-apps/packages/monodevelop.git/tree/debian/rules?id=2a4c351bedc75d2ead2ed76c5d8e6f630f19815f#n67

As far as I can tell, Monodevelop is then built without extensions? I
cannot find where you would download the sources for the stripped
dlls.

> One could ask Jo Shields (maintainer of mono and monodevelop packages in
> debian/ubuntu, one which already carries the aforementioned dfsg
> adjective...) what's the best thing to do here, I guess.
@Jo: What do you think? Would it be easier for you if the original
tarball from Monodevelop came without the dlls, and would include the
sources instead?
I would also be interested to know what is the showstopper for working
on Monodevelop 5.x for Debian/Ubuntu? Is it just lack of time or
interest, or are there technical problems?

Thanks,
  Timotheus