Comments on: In Fedora, Tomboy and Banshee Depend on Winforms http://techrights.org/2009/06/12/mono-and-moonlight-winforms/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/06/12/mono-and-moonlight-winforms/comment-page-1/#comment-66387 Roy Schestowitz Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:28:13 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=12969#comment-66387 Where the posts are not entirely correct they usually get corrected. It's also open to all feedback (no censorship in the comments, ever). Where the posts are not entirely correct they usually get corrected. It’s also open to all feedback (no censorship in the comments, ever).

]]> By: Dylan McCall http://techrights.org/2009/06/12/mono-and-moonlight-winforms/comment-page-1/#comment-66386 Dylan McCall Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:25:39 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=12969#comment-66386 Eep, that typo looked pretty bad :( Eep, that typo looked pretty bad :(

]]> By: Dylan McCall http://techrights.org/2009/06/12/mono-and-moonlight-winforms/comment-page-1/#comment-66385 Dylan McCall Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:20:11 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=12969#comment-66385 You, maybe you /shouldn't/ link to this like some kind of truth (as in here http://boycottnovell.com/2009/06/13/comments-forums-ubuntu-re-mono-deleted/) It doesn't help you. Your self-referencing is fine and all, so long as it's accurate. You, maybe you /shouldn’t/ link to this like some kind of truth (as in here http://boycottnovell.com/2009/06/13/comments-forums-ubuntu-re-mono-deleted/)
It doesn’t help you. Your self-referencing is fine and all, so long as it’s accurate.

]]> By: eet http://techrights.org/2009/06/12/mono-and-moonlight-winforms/comment-page-1/#comment-66159 eet Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:13:52 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=12969#comment-66159 Michel, packaging is done by the distribution-guys (i.e. Fedora maintainers), not the Mono-devs. Michel, packaging is done by the distribution-guys (i.e. Fedora maintainers), not the Mono-devs.

]]> By: a http://techrights.org/2009/06/12/mono-and-moonlight-winforms/comment-page-1/#comment-66158 a Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:54:21 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=12969#comment-66158 It's a problem with fedoras packaging of the mono stack. If debian can install tomboy et al without installing winforms, anyone can. It’s a problem with fedoras packaging of the mono stack. If debian can install tomboy et al without installing winforms, anyone can.

]]> By: a http://techrights.org/2009/06/12/mono-and-moonlight-winforms/comment-page-1/#comment-66157 a Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:50:11 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=12969#comment-66157 File a packaging bug, Fedora is just listing incorrect dependencies. Don't spread fud. File a packaging bug, Fedora is just listing incorrect dependencies. Don’t spread fud.

]]> By: Michel S. http://techrights.org/2009/06/12/mono-and-moonlight-winforms/comment-page-1/#comment-66156 Michel S. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:13:47 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=12969#comment-66156 Fedora's mono-core pulls in mono-web, which in turns pulls in mono-winforms -- so while I agree with Dan that this is a dependency problem, it's actually not at the application level; it's the Mono stack itself. Fedora’s mono-core pulls in mono-web, which in turns pulls in mono-winforms — so while I agree with Dan that this is a dependency problem, it’s actually not at the application level; it’s the Mono stack itself.

]]> By: Dan O'Brian http://techrights.org/2009/06/12/mono-and-moonlight-winforms/comment-page-1/#comment-66153 Dan O'Brian Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:05:48 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=12969#comment-66153 And this is an argument against Mono or the Mono programs, how? This is an argument against Fedora package dependencies which have no bearing on what their real dependencies are. Obviously. And this is an argument against Mono or the Mono programs, how?

This is an argument against Fedora package dependencies which have no bearing on what their real dependencies are. Obviously.

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