The Mono 2.0 transition (and how to survive it)

[Jo Shields]

On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 06:21 -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:02:55 +0000 Jo Shields <directhex at apebox.org> wrote:
> ...
> >== So I just make a Xubuntu1 package? ==
> >
> >Yes, but there are a few guidelines which will really help with the
> >Ubuntu-Debian relationship:
> >
> ...
> 
> Since we are early in the Jaunty cycle yet, would it be feasible (at least 
> where pkg-mono is Maintainer) for the needed changes to be provided to the 
> team via mail, svn, etc., uploaded to Debian Experimental, and then Ubuntu 
> does a sync from there?
> 
> This would minimize the Debian/Ubuntu diff, springload Debian for Squeeze, 
> and reduce risk of problems that come up when Ubuntu gets ahead of Debian 
> (such as orig.tar.gz with different md5sum that then has to be fake 
> sync'ed).

Okay, http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianMonoGroup/Mono20TransitionTODO
should now be complete enough to use for reference

Developers, please take a peek at the list to see if this transition
affects you directly - or whether you are in a position to help.
Packages which are marked as a "yes" to pkg-cli means we are in a
position to directly upload a new version to Experimental (for syncing)
- packages which are not marked as Yes may require further coordination
with their maintainers

--jo Shields