[Pkg-mono-devel] Re: [Pkg-mono-group] Bug#244189: mono-mcs: Package gmcs

[Eduard Bloch]

#include <hallo.h>
* David Wright [Wed, Jun 02 2004, 03:06:04AM]:

> > > Please consider including the gmcs compiler, which supports generic=
s,
> > > in this package.
> >=20
> > Why? Why not in an external package?
>=20
> Why? Generics are a -- if not the -- major feature of v2.0 of the .NET
> Framework. It is very impressive, and very useful, that mono already
> supports them.

...and are marked as experimental feature, planned to be ready for Mono
1.2.

> Why not in another package? gmcs is not very big, so it's not a large
> imposition to put it on the machine of those who are only interested in

Because I presume that it's not only about the compiler. Though, I do
not know enough about compatibility issues, we need a competent answer
from upstream.

> mcs. That said, this is really a question of packaging philosophy. I
> personally don't care if it is this package or an independent package.

Well... AFAICS we need to build everything with new features enabled, so
mcs is changed too. Please correct me where I am wrong.

Regards,
Eduard.
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