Mono 2.10.1 status report

[Christian Krause]

Hi,

here is now a short update about the status of mono 2.10.1 for rawhide /
F15:

I have finished Paul's work on the mono 2.10.1 packages (in rawhide) and
it looks quite promising so far. All important packages are rebuilt and
I hope that I have solved the most annoying dependency issues.

Solved issues:
--------------

- upgrade path F15 -> rawhide works

- worst dependency issues fixed, neither f-spot nor banshee require
(indirectly) mono-devel

- banshee and f-spot seem to work


Unsolved issues, which don't block updating mono in F15:
--------------------------------------------------------

- upgrade path F14 -> F15 not tested yet, will be tested when creating
the F15 packages

- monodevelop still doesn't work correctly, but some debugging showed
that this is caused by some strange glib2 issue (Please see
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679373 for details.)

- not all dependencies are straightened out: monodevelop still needs
mono-devel (which may be OK), but e.g. banshee and f-spot still draw in
mono-extras, monodoc and mono-winforms

- future of nant, log4net and mono-ndoc unclear (I'll send out a
separate mail regarding this topic)



Next Steps:
-----------

1. "Smoke-Test" of mono 2.10.1

Please test the rawhide packages either in rawhide or in F15 (they
install without any problems from the the koji-rawhide repository):

- put the attached "fedora-rawhide-koji.repo" file into /etc/yum.repos.d/

- use these yum command line parameters: "--enablerepo rawhide-koji" for
enabling the repo when installing and/or upgrading mono packages


I suggest the following tests:

- install whatever mono application you want in F15 (_without_ the
mentioned option)

- use e.g. "yum update --enablerepo rawhide-koji 'mono*' 'f-spot'
'banshee' 'monodevelop'" to update only the mono-related packages
from
rawhide/koji

- Check, whether the major applications (banshee, monodevelop, f-spot)
still work.

- Do all small tools like monodoc, monodis etc. still work?

- Does ASP.Net works?

- Can winforms applications be executed?

- Are there any strange dependencies between the various sub-packages?

- etc. etc.


- please provide all feedback on this mailing list

- later we have to decide whether any of the reported issues are
blocking the update of mono 2.10.1 in F15


2. Update mono in F15 to 2.10.1

- if there are no show-stoppers, I plan to migrate all changes done in
rawhide to F15


3. monodevelop issue

- this problem must be investigated further

- please see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679373 for details

- any help is highly appreciated


That's all for now. ;-)

Please don't hesitate to send any (positive and negative) feedback to
the mailing list.


Best regards,
Christian

[Paul Lange]

Hey Christian,

thanks a lot for the work!

I tested this on a F15 virtual machine. I installed the new mono
packages and f-spot and banshee still worked fine afterwards. I didn't
test monodevelop, but as it needs the compiler and other stuff the
dependency on mono-devel should be fine.

I didn't notice any strange dependencies at all. But I'll use it further
and send another message if I find out something.

with best regards,
Paul


Am Dienstag, den 05.04.2011, 02:06 +0200 schrieb Christian Krause:
>  Hi,
>  
>  here is now a short update about the status of mono 2.10.1 for rawhide /
>  F15:
>  
>  I have finished Paul's work on the mono 2.10.1 packages (in rawhide) and
>  it looks quite promising so far. All important packages are rebuilt and
>  I hope that I have solved the most annoying dependency issues.
>  
>  Solved issues:
>  --------------
>  
>  - upgrade path F15 -> rawhide works
>  
>  - worst dependency issues fixed, neither f-spot nor banshee require
>  (indirectly) mono-devel
>  
>  - banshee and f-spot seem to work
>  
>  
>  Unsolved issues, which don't block updating mono in F15:
>  --------------------------------------------------------
>  
>  - upgrade path F14 -> F15 not tested yet, will be tested when creating
>  the F15 packages
>  
>  - monodevelop still doesn't work correctly, but some debugging showed
>  that this is caused by some strange glib2 issue (Please see
>  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679373 for details.)
>  
>  - not all dependencies are straightened out: monodevelop still needs
>  mono-devel (which may be OK), but e.g. banshee and f-spot still draw in
>  mono-extras, monodoc and mono-winforms
>  
>  - future of nant, log4net and mono-ndoc unclear (I'll send out a
>  separate mail regarding this topic)
>  
>  
>  
>  Next Steps:
>  -----------
>  
>  1. "Smoke-Test" of mono 2.10.1
>  
>  Please test the rawhide packages either in rawhide or in F15 (they
>  install without any problems from the the koji-rawhide repository):
>  
>  - put the attached "fedora-rawhide-koji.repo" file into /etc/yum.repos.d/
>  
>  - use these yum command line parameters: "--enablerepo rawhide-koji" for
>  enabling the repo when installing and/or upgrading mono packages
>  
>  
>  I suggest the following tests:
>  
>  - install whatever mono application you want in F15 (_without_ the
>  mentioned option)
>  
>  - use e.g. "yum update --enablerepo rawhide-koji 'mono*' 'f-spot'
>  'banshee' 'monodevelop'" to update only the mono-related packages
> from
>  rawhide/koji
>  
>  - Check, whether the major applications (banshee, monodevelop, f-spot)
>  still work.
>  
>  - Do all small tools like monodoc, monodis etc. still work?
>  
>  - Does ASP.Net works?
>  
>  - Can winforms applications be executed?
>  
>  - Are there any strange dependencies between the various sub-packages?
>  
>  - etc. etc.
>  
>  
>  - please provide all feedback on this mailing list
>  
>  - later we have to decide whether any of the reported issues are
>  blocking the update of mono 2.10.1 in F15
>  
>  
>  2. Update mono in F15 to 2.10.1
>  
>  - if there are no show-stoppers, I plan to migrate all changes done in
>  rawhide to F15
>  
>  
>  3. monodevelop issue
>  
>  - this problem must be investigated further
>  
>  - please see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679373 for details
>  
>  - any help is highly appreciated
>  
>  
>  That's all for now. ;-)
>  
>  Please don't hesitate to send any (positive and negative) feedback to
>  the mailing list.
>  
>  
>  Best regards,
>  Christian
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