Why are Mono apps fragile?

[Niran Babalola]

Downgrade libgtk-cil to 1.0.2 and you'll have your notes back. If you
want to keep it locked there (that's what I did), click on the package
in Synaptic, and go to Package -> Lock Version. There are a lot of
promising Mono apps out there, so it's a shame that Debian's Mono
support is so bad in general. I know it's not really anyone's fault
since Mono is under heavy development, but growing pains are still
painful. Having to install aliened RPMs just to build the latest version
of Muine isn't fun and feels a little dirty.

- Niran

> I am starting to be concerned about the fragility of mono based apps.
> More and more I am relying on apps that are mono-based but these apps
> break quite often.
> For example i can't access my notes because an update broke tomboy, I
> can't seem to figure which mono library exactly broke it.  Similarly
> f-spot has been broken on my machine for some time now.
> It's a shame that these great apps are written in mono.