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Mono 4.2
Summary
Update the Mono stack in Fedora to 4.2 aca Cyle 6
Owner
- Name: Claudio Rodrigo Pereyra Diaz
- Email: <elsupergomez@fedoraproject.org>
- Release notes owner:
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 24
- Last updated: 2016-01-29
- Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
Detailed Description
Mono 4.2 is the last release of Cycle 6 from Xamarin. See more details at Mono 4.2.1
Benefit to Fedora
Keep mono stack update with many new features and more compatible with .net platform.
Scope
- Proposal owners:
Mono 4.2 is in rawhide now. Most of the application must work fine with this update. See [1]
- Other developers:
Need check proper build on alternative platforms like ppc64 and s390
- Release engineering:
- List of deliverables: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
Upgrade/compatibility impact
Need check that all app depend on mono work fine.
How To Test
Interested testers do not need special hardware. Take a given Mono application and test it against the Mono from rawhide or 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.
Dependencies
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Contingency Plan
- Contingency mechanism: Keep with Mono 4.0 from F23
- Contingency deadline: Alpha Freeze
- Blocks release? No
- Blocks product? None
Documentation
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Mono