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Mono 4 includes most of the features of Mono 2.10 and Mono 3 branch.
Mono 4 includes most of the features of Mono 2.10 and Mono 3 branch.
The profiles 2.0, 3.5 and 4.0 will not be build any more in favor of profile 4.5. This require that all application target for this target move to 4.5.
The profiles 2.0, 3.5 and 4.0 will not be build any more in favor of profile 4.5
General is a simple task to sed .sln, .cproj, configure, configure.in, configure.am, Makefile, Makefile.in, Makefile.am for use mcs instead gmcs and change profile < 4.5 to 4.5. The files to sed change depending in what form is distributed the sources. In most off the cases only configure files need sed. A few package work without changes like gnome-subtitle or pinta
The fixes is work in progress on https://github.com/elsupergomez/lbs-mono-fedora and https://github.com/tpokorra/lbs-mono-fedora
Actually is available a copr repo on https://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/tpokorra/mono/monitor/
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Revision as of 18:26, 29 April 2015


Mono 3

Summary

Update the Mono stack in Fedora from 2.10 to 4.*

Owner

Current status

Detailed Description

Support for Mono versions 3.0 and 2.10 is been discontinued. No further development of bug fixing is planned for those branches. Mono 4 is the active branch an have many improvements . See upstream notes http://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/releases/4.0.0/

Mono require it self to build. Actual version 2.10.8 is to old to build version 4 that require at less version 3.4. At the moment on copr we use monolite a little version of mono compiler shipped in the tarball for first build time.

We have two option to upgrade:

  • Upgrade mono to version 3.4, then to version 3.12 and then to version 4.0.1 on rawhide (actually 3.4 don't build on rawhide this need fixed)
  • Make a one time exception of the rule for build mono 4.0.1-1 using monolite, later make mono depend again on it self and rebuild mono 4.0.1-2 using mono-4.0.1-1

Benefit to Fedora

Fedora aims to showcase the latest in free and open source software - we should have the most recent release of Mono 4.0.1

It will have the ability to run cross-platform applications that require compatibility with Microsoft. Net Framework 4.5

Scope

  • Proposal owners:

Update mono spec and build in copr and/or koji until is ready.

  • Other developers:

Many packages may need to be revised, updated or rebuilt, see Dependencies section

  • Release engineering: None
  • Policies and guidelines: None

Upgrade/compatibility impact

Mono 4 includes most of the features of Mono 2.10 and Mono 3 branch. The profiles 2.0, 3.5 and 4.0 will not be build any more in favor of profile 4.5

How To Test

Interested testers do not need special hardware. Take a given Mono application and test it against the Mono at this copr repo and verify it works: 

* http://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/tpokorra/mono/

Any issue will be reported in github https://github.com/elsupergomez/lbs-mono-fedora or https://github.com/tpokorra/lbs-mono-fedora

User Experience

User should note speedy improvement running Mono applications.

Some applications will have features only supported if used Mono 4

Dependencies

The current status of the fixes for build and run on Mono 4 is in https://github.com/elsupergomez/lbs-mono-fedora/blob/master/README.md

  • OpenTK
  • RepetierHost
  • avahi-sharp
  • banshee
  • banshee-community-extensions
  • bareftp
  • bless
  • boo
  • cdcollect
  • dbus-sharp
  • dbus-sharp-glib
  • docky
  • gbrainy
  • gdata-sharp
  • gecko-sharp2
  • gio-sharp
  • giver
  • gkeyfile-sharp
  • gmime
  • gnome-desktop-sharp
  • gnome-do
  • gnome-guitar
  • gnome-keyring-sharp
  • gnome-rdp
  • gnome-sharp
  • gnome-subtitles
  • graphviz
  • gsf-sharp
  • gtk-sharp-beans
  • gtk-sharp2
  • gtksourceview-sharp
  • gudev-sharp
  • hyena
  • keepass
  • kimono
  • libappindicator
  • libgpod
  • log4net
  • mono-addins
  • mono-basic
  • mono-bouncycastle
  • mono-cecil-flowanalysis
  • mono-debugger
  • mono-reflection
  • mono-tools
  • mono-zeroconf
  • monobristol
  • monodevelop
  • monodevelop-debugger-gdb
  • monosim
  • nant
  • ndesk-dbus
  • ndesk-dbus-glib
  • nini
  • notify-sharp
  • pdfmod
  • pinta
  • poppler-sharp
  • python-elasticsearch
  • qyoto
  • rescene
  • shogun
  • sparkleshare
  • syntastic
  • taglib-sharp
  • themonospot-base
  • themonospot-console
  • themonospot-gui-gtk
  • themonospot-gui-qt
  • themonospot-plugin-avi
  • themonospot-plugin-mkv
  • thrift
  • tomboy
  • uwsgi
  • webkit-sharp
  • xsp

New packages for mono stack

Contingency Plan

  • Contingency mechanism: Still in Mono 2.10
  • Contingency deadline: Beta freeze
  • Blocks release? No
  • Blocks product? Monodevelop >= 5

Documentation

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Mono

https://github.com/mono/mono

Release Notes

http://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/releases/

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