[Opensim-dev] new Mono

[Hurliman, John]

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> From: opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de [mailto:opensim-dev-
> bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Sean Dague
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 12:07 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] new Mono
>
> Mo Hax wrote:
>> So where does Mono 2.2 fit with OpenSim, is that version now
>> supported by the recent OpenSim commits?
>>
>> Just wondering if I can use C# 3.0 syntax elements in it.
>
> I'm now running 2.2 in my environments, and life is pretty good with
> it.
>  As we've not yet cut off people with mono < 2.0 we need to stay with
> C# 2.0 syntax.  I expect that will change this summer, after all the
> Linux distros are shipping mono >= 2.0.
>
>       -Sean
>
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>

IIRC, Mono 1.2.6 supports a limited amount of .NET 3.0 syntax. Mono 1.9.1 was the first version to have a complete implementation of the language changes in .NET 3.0. Most of .NET 3.5 is not supported in Mono yet. Visual Studio 2005 is more of a support issue than Mono for .NET 3.0.

John