Jaunty pre-freeze Freeze Exception Request: monodevelop

Luke L lukehasnoname at gmail.com
Wed Nov 19 17:22:40 GMT 2008


On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Jo Shields <directhex at apebox.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The "monodevelop" package in Ubuntu has been stuck on the same version
> for an eternity, and users are (rightly) annoyed at its bugs & lack of
> features. However, we have long been cautioned by upstream not to use
> any SVN snapshots or alpha tarballs in a stable release, as they would
> become impossible to support very quickly.
>
> The next major stable release, however, is due "relatively" soon -
> probably around February or March, but possibly later. An alpha release
> which essentially feature-freezes the app until final is due to be
> released within a week.
>
> I think we're more than due for a nice new version, but I'm extremely
> uncomfortable about the idea of adding an unstable snapshot now (in
> order to make sure the packaging work is current & valid) if I can't get
> the final release of the app into the same release.
>
> So, can I get some level of assurance that a 2.0 pre-final package in
> Jaunty could definitely be updated to final, even at a late stage in the
> release? Even if, Hardy-FF3-style, it slips past the final deadline and
> needs to appear in jaunty-updates?
>
> If not, then I feel the best plan is to leave the current (1.0) version
> of the package in place.
>
> --Jo Shields
>
> (not on-list, so please CC)
>
>
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Isn't monodevelop on the current version in Inrtepid (1.0)?

Mono itself, and the C# compiler, are up-to-date, with CLI 2.0 and C# 3.0.

-- 
Luke L.



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