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* Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
* Tracker bug: [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1308558 #1308558]


== Detailed Description ==
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Mono 4.2 is in rawhide now. Most of the application must work fine with this update. See [http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=708832]
Mono 4.2 is in rawhide now. Most of the application must work fine with this update. See [http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=30]


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Latest revision as of 13:54, 15 February 2016


Mono 4.2

Summary

Update the Mono stack in Fedora to 4.2 aca Cyle 6

Owner

Current status

Detailed Description

Mono 4.2 is the last release of Cycle 6 from Xamarin. See more details at Mono 4.2.1

Benefit to Fedora

Keep mono stack update with many new features and more compatible with .net platform.

Scope

  • Proposal owners:

Mono 4.2 is in rawhide now. Most of the application must work fine with this update. See [1]

  • Other developers:

Need check proper build on alternative platforms like ppc64 and s390

  • Policies and guidelines: N/A
  • Trademark approval: N/A

Upgrade/compatibility impact

Need check that all app depend on mono work fine.


How To Test

Interested testers do not need special hardware. Take a given Mono application and test it against the Mono from rawhide or at this copr repo and verify it works:

* http://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/tpokorra/mono/

Any issue will be reported in github https://github.com/elsupergomez/lbs-mono-fedora or https://github.com/tpokorra/lbs-mono-fedora

User Experience

User should note speedy improvement running Mono applications.

Dependencies

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Contingency Plan

  • Contingency mechanism: Keep with Mono 4.0 from F23
  • Contingency deadline: Alpha Freeze
  • Blocks release? No
  • Blocks product? None

Documentation

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

https://github.com/mono/mono

Release Notes