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Revision as of 13:43, 21 March 2014


Mono 3.2

Summary

Update the Mono stack in Fedora from 2.10 to 3.2

Owner

Current status

  • Targeted release: Fedora 21
  • Last updated: (DATE)
  • 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

Scope

  • Proposal owners:

Update mono spec and build in koji until is ready.

  • Other developers:
  • 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.

User Experience

User should note speedy improvemts running Mono applications. Some application grant futures for use most recent version of Mono.

Dependencies

Has no dependencies found

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