Creation of a proper Mono PPA

Robie Basak robie.basak at ubuntu.com
Sun Jun 15 20:08:54 UTC 2014


Alexander,

On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 10:31:09AM -0500, Alexander Trauzzi wrote:
> So, be it resolved that the current options for Mono are just not cutting
> it, I'd like to propose that a PPA or appropriate equivalent be made or an
> existing official PPA be reworked to meet the following criteria:
> 
>  - Both nightly and stable builds of the entire core Mono & Monodevelop
> ecosystem
>  - Both 32 and 64 bit if possible
>  - Development libraries so that integrations (edge.js) can happen
>  - Packages integrate system-wide using the update-alternatives mechanism,
> similar to java and other runtimes
>  - Built using equivalent parameters and conventions used to produce Ubuntu
> universe packages
>  - Optional: NuGet
>  - Optionally & Ideally: Liase with Xamarin and open up a channel of
> communication with them to see if they're either willing to help or advise

Thank you for putting this list together.

Who do you propose does this work? To be clear: are you volunteering, or
are you asking for somebody else to do it?

Robie
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