Changes/Mono 4

Mono 3.2

Summary

Update the Mono stack in Fedora from 2.10 to 3.2

Owner

• Name: Claudio Rodrigo Pereyra Diaz
• Email: <elsupergomez@fedoraproject.org>
• Release notes owner:

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora 21
• Last updated: March 26, 2014
• Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Detailed Description

Support for Mono versions 3.0 and 2.10 is been discontinued. No further development of bug fixing is planned for those branches. Mono 3.2 is the active branch an have many improvements . See upstream notes http://www.mono-project.com/Release_Notes_Mono_3.2

Benefit to Fedora

Fedora aims to showcase the latest in free and open source software - we should have the most recent release of Mono 3.2

It will have the ability to run cross-platform applications that require compatibility with Microsoft. Net Framework 4.5

Scope

• Proposal owners:

Update mono spec and build in koji until is ready.

• Other developers:

Some packages may need to be revised, updated or rebuilt, see Dependencies section

• Release engineering:

• Policies and guidelines:

Upgrade/compatibility impact

Mono 3.2 includes most of the features of Mono 2.10. Most applications that use Mono should continue to function properly after update.

How To Test

Interested testers do not need special hardware. If you have a favorite Mono application, please test it with Mono 3.2 and verify that it still works as you expect.

People using F20 can download rpm from koji https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=6659352 to install and test

Or use Fedora People Repo http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/elsupergomez/monodevelop/fedora-monodevelop.repo to install and test

User Experience

User should note speedy improvement running Mono applications.

Some applications will have features only supported if used Mono 3.2.

Dependencies

Has no dependencies found

OpenTK RepetierHost avahi banshee banshee-community-extensions bareftp bless boo cdcollect dbus-sharp dbus-sharp-glib docky f-spot flickrnet gbrainy gdata-sharp gecko-sharp2 gio-sharp giver gkeyfile-sharp gmime gnome-desktop-sharp gnome-do gnome-do-plugins gnome-guitar gnome-keyring-sharp gnome-rdp gnome-sharp gnome-subtitles graphviz gsf-sharp gtk-sharp-beans gtk-sharp2 gtksourceview-sharp gudev-sharp hyena ice kimono libappindicator libgpod log4net mono-addins mono-basic mono-bouncycastle mono-cecil-flowanalysis mono-debugger mono-reflection mono-tools mono-zeroconf monobristol monodevelop monodevelop-debugger-gdb monodevelop-vala monosim nant ndesk-dbus ndesk-dbus-glib notify-sharp pdfmod pinta poppler-sharp qyoto rescene sparkleshare taglib-sharp taoframework themonospot-base themonospot-console themonospot-gui-gtk themonospot-gui-qt themonospot-plugin-avi themonospot-plugin-mkv thrift tomboy webkit-sharp xsp

Contingency Plan

• Contingency mechanism: Still in Mono 2.10
• Contingency deadline: Beta freeze
• Blocks release? No
• Blocks product? Monodevelop 4

Documentation

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Mono

https://github.com/mono/mono

Release Notes

http://www.mono-project.com/Release_Notes_Mono_3.2