[Pkg-mono-devel] Which Mono package do you advise for a ASP.NET project on Debian 4.0?

[Mirco Bauer]

On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 14:23:28 -0800 (PST)
koyatole <koyatole at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> I intend to implement a web application on Debian 4.0 with Mono. (So
> an ASP.NET application.)
> 
> According to the Mono homepage:
> - the official Mono package for Debian Etch is: Mono 1.2.2.1.
> - the unofficial (backport) Mono package is: Mono 1.9.1.
> 
> 1) Which package do you advise?

For ASP.NET 2.0 you should use Mono 1.9.1

> 
> 2) What are in this context the meanings of "official" and
> "unofficial"?

Official as in supported by Debian with the bug tracking system and
security updates.

> 
> 3) I've seen that there are a lot of interesting things in the newest
> release Mono 2.0(.1). Is it realistic to try to use this
> version/package for Debian Etch? Or is this just a dream?

I would not do that, the Mono 2.0 packages have known bugs and are only
available in Debian/Experimental for a reason.

> 
> Thanking you in advance for your advise.
> koyatole


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