<div dir="ltr"><div>There already is a profile chosen by the project. If the latest mono dev master can't compile with it, then those with the expertise to run the latest dev master mono can use that expertise to change the profile to a new one. If OpenSimulator doesn't require the new profile to run on older installations, then there is no reason to make those who use existing working installations, including those using one of the most popular server platforms (Debian stable) to go thru the effort of upgrading. As of now there is no such dependency in OpenSim core. We should add one just so people who insist on the bleeding edge mono dev code don't have to change a single line in a single file? If they are such linux experts, let them write a script that automatically detects and changes it. <br><br></div>Much of the real world does not use bleeding edge software and doesn't have the resources to update at the drop of a hat. Quite often new software has to go thru a vetting process that for large installations can even take years. Often educational institutions have IT bureaucracies which prevent such updates. Should we cut them off also? How about installations that have other .NET applications besides OpenSimulator? Will they work with the new Mono? <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 4:21 AM, Mike Chase <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike.chase@alternatemetaverse.com" target="_blank">mike.chase@alternatemetaverse.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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While Linus is an interesting guy ...<br>
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It's as simple as picking the profile you compile to. To run the
system you need a runtime that implements that profile. There are
current packages available (and a really nice GUI if that's
something you like in Monodevelop) for all the major distros.
Including (gasp) Debian. <br>
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So for this project pick a profile. People compile it based on that
using a set of packages of their choice. You're not supplying a
binary distribution anyway, it's an alpha projects, yada yada. If
someone is actually running a grid and supporting "customers" on it
then its their responsibility to acquire (hire) the skills it takes
to run the environment. <br>
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Pretty sure Linus would agree with that. .NET actually does take
ABI compatability seriously. That's what the profiles are an attempt
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