On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 10:18 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
I'm still looking for mono packaging standards to be sorted out; for instance, the %{_libdir} hack is still under debate, as is a move to put mono stuff under %{_datadir}.
Are we collecting the open questions about packaging mono apps anywhere? http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Mono seems to be an instruction manual for packaging mono rather than a lit of questions we need to solve (and lists the _libdir hack as a solution a bit prematurely, IMHO)
Another open question would be how this affects us: http://www.mono-project.com/Assemblies_and_the_GAC#Libraries_with_Unstable_A...
It's advocating using .dlls with unstable APIs the same way we normally use static libraries (including a local copy with the application). It has all the usual features of a static library scheme but fails to mention any security issues. Should packages entering Fedora be checked to make sure they *do not* follow this or are mono .dlls immune to the security concerns with normal static libraries?
PS: This is moving into general packaging territory so I'm cross-posting it to fedora-packaging. Replies to fedora-packaging please.
-Toshio
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