[Pkg-mono-devel] Mono on Debian Lenny

[Jo Shields]

On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 10:03 +0200, Karim Farah wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I have a Debian Lenny server with Mono 2.6.7 installed. I need the Mono 
> framework to run an Opensimulator (virtual 3D software). As I am 
> experiencing many trouble, I would like to upgrade the Mono version of 
> my Debian Lenny.
> 
> Are higher versions of Mono (> 2.6.7) compatible with a Debian Lenny?

Realistically, I don't see it happening. Lenny lost all security support
in 2012-02-06, meaning nobody should EVER be using it in production now
- and whilst it's feasible to take a release where everything is built
against the .NET 2.0 profile higher (e.g. I have backport packages for
Ubuntu 10.04), providing 2.8 or newer on a release where everything's
built for the 1.0 profile (like Lenny) is pretty much impossible.