[Pkg-mono-devel] Mono Status [Was: Re: Will Mono enter testing before Sarge is released?]

[Mirco Bauer]

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On debian-devel was a post regarding mono and sarge, here my reply which
shows the current status/problem (thought this is the a better place, so
others know too)

Mirco Bauer

On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 21:58, Mirco Bauer wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 01:44, Sam Morris wrote:
> > Bjorn's transition script has the following to say:
> >...
> > The "Mono for Debian" web site hasn't been updated since July, and=20
> > there's not much activity on the pkg-mono-devel mailing list. Is=20
> > everybody away/sleeping? :)
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> Firstly the pkg-mono-devel mailing list would be the right place for
> this post, thats why I saw this post just now by accident between the
> other -devel trash, but anyhow I found it.
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> Another right place would be pkg-mono-group, that way ALL team member
> would get your email directly within seconds.
>=20
> The last upload of mono packages was on Fri, 10 Oct 2004 18:59:09 +0200
> which is not too long ago, things are going more slowly now, but nobody
> is sleeping. We started the mono packages with the goal to have them
> ready for sarge, but that was/is not an easy task, reasons below.
>=20
> The webpage gets updated (see web/ in the repository) but the export
> hook is broken, that happened after some repository
> crashes/breakages/alioth fuckups/whatever
>=20
> >=20
> > The RC bug on libgdiplus[0] says that libgdiplus will be able to enter=20
> > Sarge after #272846 has been fixed, which happened back in October, so=20
> > assuming that the libgdiplus bug is all but recorded as fixed, am I=20
> > correct in assuming the real blocker here is the failed build of mcs on=
=20
> > s390[1]?
>=20
> I made a s390 hack for the debian/rules file, so only the arch depended
> stuff is build, that could give us working s390 builds and make mono
> ready for sarge. Anyhow the main problem till beginning with mono is the
> lack of non-x86 architecture support by upstream, we keep jumping
> releases hoping it solves the runtime problems... but up to today, the
> jit of s390 is not able to build mcs.... (like I sad I got a hack for
> it)
>=20
> I will file the missing removal request, thats a valid point.
>=20
> Mirco Bauer
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> Debian Mono Group Member
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