Creation of a proper Mono PPA

[Alexander Trauzzi]

Hmm, if that was something I felt confident in doing, I would, but I'm more
a "user" of C# than someone knowledgeable enough to head up the entire
process.  I'll definitely be installing and running any such efforts though!


On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Robie Basak <robie.basak at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 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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