[Opensim-users] 0.7.6 and MONO 3 (OS X)

[Timothy Rogers]

Well keep in mind MONO 2.4.3 can no longer be used for 0.8.0dev and
above, code base has gone full 4.0

On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 6:39 AM, Jeff Kelley <opensim at pescadoo.net> wrote:
> MONO 3 compatibility report (and MONO 2.10.11 issue) .
>
> Previously running 0.7.5 with MONO 2.4.3, Mac OS X (Darwin) 10.6.8
>
> - Upgrading to 0.7.6 required a MONO update
> - Official minimum version is said to be 2.10.8.1 (*)
> - go-mono.com offers "Stable Version" 2.10.11 for my platform
>
> (*) This is for the dev branch. 0.7.6 won't run under 2.4.3 : "The runtime
> version supported by this application is unavailable". Since 0.8 is in the
> tube, it is wise to anticipate and meet or exceed 2.10.8.1 right now.
>
>
> Trying MONO 2.10.11 : opensim 0.7.6 suffers from a "Shutting down finalizer
> thread timed out". See these discussions:
>
> http://opensim-users.2152040.n2.nabble.com/quot-Shutting-down-finalizer-thread-timed-out-quot-td7579150.html
>
> http://forums.osgrid.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3838
>
> This is a severe one since the process is unkillable and leaves UDP ports
> allocated, forcing a server reboot.
>
> => Mac OS + MONO 2.10.11 : NO
> It may work under Linux, i don't know.
>
>
> I decided to make a big jump forward and install MONO 3.2.4
> Finger crossed... Not a single problem since November, 15.
>
> => Mac OS + MONO 3.2.4 : YES
> (Snow Leopard. Don't ask for Lion)
>
>
> Cherry on the cake : a nasty bug under MONO 2.4.3 seems gone. From time to
> time,  opensim was unable to read the content of config-include files. This
> one baffled me. I could cat the files. opensim could not read them. Id did
> not spring since the upgrade.
>
>
> If you are runing Darwin, skip 2.10.11 "stable" and go MONO 3.2.4 "latest".
>
>
>
> -- Jeff
>
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