mono August 2018

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Re: Mono - Do we have a maintainer?
by Timotheus Pokorra 17 Aug '18

17 Aug '18

Hello all, > Yes, mono is behind, but it isn't a simple reason. The way mono is > bootstrapped and compiled has changed starting with version 5.0. The > Roslyn compiler is now the default and requires bootstrapping from > binary-only sources provided by upstream. This is a no-no in Fedora. > There was an effort by a team in Red Hat to package the binary > sources, but that team seems to be disbanded. Recently Mono has > allowed the MCS compiler again and that has lead to an almost-ready > update by community contributors. > > Follow along here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1436896 We are trying to still compile with the mono compiler rather than Roslyn by using the configuration parameter: --with-csc=mcs I was told that by mono upstream some months ago, and I commented that here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1436896#c69 I have just packaged Mono 5.14.0.177 in my copr: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/tpokorra/mono-5.14/ You can find the sources of the SPEC file and the patches here: https://github.com/tpokorra/mono-5.x-fedora/tree/master/mono-5.14 I have updated the bug, and the comment tells the problematic lines. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1436896#c91 I don't know the next steps. Help is always welcome! All the best, Timotheus ---------------------------------------------------------------- Diese Nachricht wurde versandt mit Webmail von www.tbits.net. This message was sent using webmail of www.tbits.net.

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Mono - Do we have a maintainer?
by Radka Janekova 15 Aug '18

15 Aug '18

Hi, mono-devel packages are far behind upstream, and the mono-sig seems unresponsive as whole. This leads me to a question, do we have a maintainer for mono? I can take a look at it within the next month or two if there really isn't anyone else... Regards, Radka ------------------------------ *Radka Janeková* .NET Engineer, Red Hat *radka.janek(a)redhat.com <radka.janek(a)redhat.com>* IRC: radka | Freenode: Rhea

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