Revision as of 10:24, 19 May 2015

Mono 4

Summary

Update the Mono stack in Fedora from 2.10 to 4.*

Owner

Name: Claudio Rodrigo Pereyra Diaz
Email: <elsupergomez@fedoraproject.org>
Release notes owner:

Current status

Targeted release: Fedora 23
Last updated: April 29, 2015
Tracker bug: #1089278

Detailed Description

Support for Mono versions 3.0 and 2.10 has been discontinued. No further development of bug fixing is planned for those branches. Mono 4 is the active branch and has many improvements. See upstream notes http://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/releases/4.0.0/

Mono requires itself to build. The Mono version 2.10.8 currently included in Fedora is too old to build version 4 that requires at least version 3.4. At the moment on copr we use monolite, a little version of mono compiler shipped in the tarball for first build time.

We have two options to upgrade:

Upgrade mono to version 3.4, then to version 3.12 and then to version 4.0.1 on rawhide (3.4 now builds on rawhide: https://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/tpokorra/mono-3.4/monitor/)
Make a one time exception of the rule for build mono 4.0.1-1 using monolite, later make mono depend again on it self and rebuild mono 4.0.1-2 using mono-4.0.1-1
- this is the favoured option, because there are new architectures anyway: armv7hl, aarch64, ppc64, ppc64l
- it would be best to bootstrap Mono 4 for all of the primary and secondary architectures at the same time (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures#Structure)
- there is now an FPC ticket for this: https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/528

Steps for Bootstrapping

The Monolite binaries are included in the Mono tarball which is provided by upstream. see also http://www.mono-project.com/docs/advanced/monolite/
- Monolite is a minimal binary distribution of mcs. This is the compiler that is able to build the rest of Mono.
In the spec file, we usually delete all dlls and executables before the build section.
For the bootstrap, we would once keep the monolite binaries.
After Mono has been built for all primary and secondary architectures, and for Epel, we enable the deletion of the monolite binaries again in the spec file.

Benefit to Fedora

Fedora aims to showcase the latest in free and open source software - we should have the most recent release of Mono 4.0.1

It will have the ability to run cross-platform applications that require compatibility with Microsoft. Net Framework 4.5

Scope

Proposal owners:

Update mono spec and build in copr and/or koji until is ready.

Other developers:

See Upgrade/compatibility impact and Dependencies section

Release engineering: None

Policies and guidelines: None

Upgrade/compatibility impact

Mono 4 includes most of the features of Mono 2.10 and Mono 3 branch.

The profiles 2.0, 3.5 and 4.0 will not be build any more in favor of profile 4.5

Many packages may need to be revised, updated or rebuilt because Mono 4 require that all application use target 4.5. In general is a simple task to sed .sln, .cproj, configure, configure.in, configure.am, Makefile, Makefile.in, Makefile.am for use mcs instead gmcs and change profile < 4.5 to 4.5. The files to sed change depending in what form is distributed the sources. In most off the cases only configure files need sed. A few package work without changes like gnome-subtitle or pinta

The fixes is work in progress on https://github.com/elsupergomez/lbs-mono-fedora and https://github.com/tpokorra/lbs-mono-fedora

How To Test

Interested testers do not need special hardware. Take a given Mono application and test it against the Mono at this copr repo and verify it works:

* http://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/tpokorra/mono/

Any issue will be reported in github https://github.com/elsupergomez/lbs-mono-fedora or https://github.com/tpokorra/lbs-mono-fedora

User Experience

User should note speedy improvement running Mono applications.

Some applications will have features only supported if used Mono 4

Dependencies

Package	Run with Mono 4
OpenTK	Work from Copr, EPEL6 need fix
RepetierHost	Need move to 4.5 profile
avahi	Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637529)
avahi-sharp	Need fix requires avahi-libs
banshee	Work from Copr, EPEL6/7 need fix libgpod first
banshee-community-extensions	Fedora package work without changes if Copr is configured
bareftp	Work from Copr, EPEL6 need fix gnome-keyring-sharp. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637654)
bless	Need move to 4.5 profile
boo	Need move to 4.5 profile
cdcollect	Work from Copr, only need rebuild
dbus-sharp	Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637535)
dbus-sharp-glib	Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637598)
docky	Work from Copr, EPEL6 need fix gnome-keyring-sharp. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637641)
gbrainy	Fedora package work without changes if Copr is configured
gdata-sharp	Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637551)
gecko-sharp2	Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637633)
gio-sharp	Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637541)
giver	Nedd fix avahi-sharp
gkeyfile-sharp	Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637609)
gmime	Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637667)
gnome-desktop-sharp	Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637547)
gnome-do	Need move to 4.5 profile
gnome-guitar	Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637679)
gnome-keyring-sharp	Work from Copr, Epel6 missing libgnome-keyring-devel. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637615)
gnome-rdp	Need move to 4.5 profile
gnome-sharp	Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637538)
gnome-subtitles	Fedora package work without changes if Copr is configured
gsf-sharp	Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637661)
gtk-sharp-beans	Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637622)
gtk-sharp2	Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637531)
gtksourceview-sharp	Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637666)
graphviz	Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637540)
gudev-sharp	Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637553)
hyena	Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637653)
keepass	Work from Copr for Fedora, EPEL need fixes
kimono	Need fix version requires of libmono-2.0.so.1
libappindicator	Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637662)
libgdiplus	Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637589)
libgpod	Work from Copr, EPEL6 need fix missing libusbx. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637552)
log4net	Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637559)
mono4	Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637599)
mono-addins	Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637575)
mono-basic	Work from Copr. Updated to 4.0.1
mono-bouncycastle	Need move to 4.5 profile
mono-cecil	Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637639)
mono-cecil-flowanalysis	Need move to 4.5 profile
mono-debugger	Need move to 4.5 profile
mono-reflection	Need move to 4.5 profile
mono-tools	Work from Copr
mono-zeroconf	Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637550)
monobristol	Fedora package install without changes if Copr is configured
monodevelop	Work from Copr
monodevelop-debugger-gdb	Fedora package install without changes if Copr is configured
monosim	Fedora package install without changes if Copr is configured
nant	Need mono(log4net) = 1.2.13.0. bootstrap works on Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637570)
ndesk-dbus	Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637549)
ndesk-dbus-glib	Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637632)
nini	Work from Copr
notify-sharp	Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637624)
pdfmod	Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637668)
pinta	Fedora package work without changes if Copr is configured. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637640)
poppler-sharp	Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637545)
qyoto	Need move to 4.5 profile
rescene
shogun
sparkleshare	Fedora package work without changes if Copr is configured
syntastic
taglib-sharp	Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637613)
themonospot-base	Need move to 4.5 profile
themonospot-console	Need move to 4.5 profile
themonospot-gui-gtk	Need move to 4.5 profile
themonospot-gui-qt	Need move to 4.5 profile
themonospot-plugin-avi	Need move to 4.5 profile
themonospot-plugin-mkv	Need move to 4.5 profile
tomboy	Work from Copr
uwsgi
webkit-sharp	Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637607)
xsp	Work from Copr, EPEL6 need fix

New packages for mono stack

gtk-sharp3 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192059
monodevelop-database
mysql-connector-net
notify-sharp3
npgsql
nuget
nunit

Contingency Plan

Contingency mechanism: Still in Mono 2.10
Contingency deadline: Beta freeze
Blocks release? No
Blocks product? Monodevelop >= 5

Documentation

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Mono

https://github.com/mono/mono

Release Notes

http://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/releases/

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 <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
-The current status of the fixes for build and run on Mono 4 is in https://github.com/elsupergomez/lbs-mono-fedora/blob/master/README.md
-* OpenTK
+{|
-* RepetierHost
+! Package                        ||Run with Mono 4
-* avahi-sharp
+|-
-* banshee
+|OpenTK                         ||Work from Copr, EPEL6 need fix
-* banshee-community-extensions
+|-
-* bareftp
+|RepetierHost                   ||Need move to 4.5 profile
-* bless
+|-
-* boo
+|avahi                          ||Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637529)
-* cdcollect
+|-
-* dbus-sharp
+|avahi-sharp                    ||Need fix requires avahi-libs
-* dbus-sharp-glib
+|-
-* docky
+|banshee                        ||Work from Copr, EPEL6/7 need fix libgpod first
-* gbrainy
+|-
-* gdata-sharp
+|banshee-community-extensions   ||Fedora package work without changes if Copr is configured
-* gecko-sharp2
+|-
-* gio-sharp
+|bareftp                        ||Work from Copr, EPEL6 need fix gnome-keyring-sharp. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637654)
-* giver
+|-
-* gkeyfile-sharp
+|bless                          ||Need move to 4.5 profile
-* gmime
+|-
-* gnome-desktop-sharp
+|boo                            ||Need move to 4.5 profile
-* gnome-do
+|-
-* gnome-guitar
+|cdcollect                      ||Work from Copr, only need rebuild
-* gnome-keyring-sharp
+|-
-* gnome-rdp
+|dbus-sharp                     ||Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637535)
-* gnome-sharp
+|-
-* gnome-subtitles
+|dbus-sharp-glib                ||Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637598)
-* graphviz
+|-
-* gsf-sharp
+|docky                          ||Work from Copr, EPEL6 need fix gnome-keyring-sharp. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637641)
-* gtk-sharp-beans
+|-
-* gtk-sharp2
+|gbrainy                        ||Fedora package work without changes if Copr is configured
-* gtksourceview-sharp
+|-
-* gudev-sharp
+|gdata-sharp                    ||Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637551)
-* hyena
+|-
-* keepass
+|gecko-sharp2                   ||Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637633)
-* kimono
+|-
-* libappindicator
+|gio-sharp                      ||Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637541)
-* libgpod
+|-
-* log4net
+|giver                          ||Nedd fix avahi-sharp
-* mono-addins
+|-
-* mono-basic
+|gkeyfile-sharp                 ||Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637609)
-* mono-bouncycastle
+|-
-* mono-cecil-flowanalysis
+|gmime                          ||Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637667)
-* mono-debugger
+|-
-* mono-reflection
+|gnome-desktop-sharp            ||Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637547)
-* mono-tools
+|-
-* mono-zeroconf
+|gnome-do                       ||Need move to 4.5 profile
-* monobristol
+|-
-* monodevelop
+|gnome-guitar                   ||Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637679)
-* monodevelop-debugger-gdb
+|-
-* monosim
+|gnome-keyring-sharp            ||Work from Copr, Epel6 missing libgnome-keyring-devel. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637615)
-* nant
+|-
-* ndesk-dbus
+|gnome-rdp                      ||Need move to 4.5 profile
-* ndesk-dbus-glib
+|-
-* nini
+|gnome-sharp                    ||Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637538)
-* notify-sharp
+|-
-* pdfmod
+|gnome-subtitles                ||Fedora package work without changes if Copr is configured
-* pinta
+|-
-* poppler-sharp
+|gsf-sharp                      ||Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637661)
-* python-elasticsearch
+|-
-* qyoto
+|gtk-sharp-beans                ||Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637622)
-* rescene
+|-
-* shogun
+|gtk-sharp2                     ||Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637531)
-* sparkleshare
+|-
-* syntastic
+|gtksourceview-sharp            ||Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637666)
-* taglib-sharp
+|-
-* themonospot-base
+|graphviz                       ||Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637540)
-* themonospot-console
+|-
-* themonospot-gui-gtk
+|gudev-sharp                    ||Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637553)
-* themonospot-gui-qt
+|-
-* themonospot-plugin-avi
+|hyena                          ||Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637653)
-* themonospot-plugin-mkv
+|-
-* thrift
+|keepass                        ||Work from Copr for Fedora, EPEL need fixes
-* tomboy
+|-
-* uwsgi
+|kimono                         ||Need fix version requires of libmono-2.0.so.1
-* webkit-sharp
+|-
-* xsp
+|libappindicator                ||Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637662)
+|-
+|libgdiplus                     ||Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637589)
+|-
+|libgpod                        ||Work from Copr, EPEL6 need fix missing libusbx. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637552)
+|-
+|log4net                        ||Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637559)
+|-
+|mono4                          ||Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637599)
+|-
+|mono-addins                    ||Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637575)
+|-
+|mono-basic                     ||Work from Copr. Updated to 4.0.1
+|-
+|mono-bouncycastle              ||Need move to 4.5 profile
+|-
+|mono-cecil                     ||Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637639)
+|-
+|mono-cecil-flowanalysis        ||Need move to 4.5 profile
+|-
+|mono-debugger                  ||Need move to 4.5 profile
+|-
+|mono-reflection                ||Need move to 4.5 profile
+|-
+|mono-tools                     ||Work from Copr
+|-
+|mono-zeroconf                  ||Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637550)
+|-
+|monobristol                    ||Fedora package install without changes if Copr is configured
+|-
+|monodevelop                    ||Work from Copr
+|-
+|monodevelop-debugger-gdb       ||Fedora package install without changes if Copr is configured
+|-
+|monosim                        ||Fedora package install without changes if Copr is configured
+|-
+|nant                           ||Need mono(log4net) = 1.2.13.0. bootstrap works on Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637570)
+|-
+|ndesk-dbus                     ||Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637549)
+|-
+|ndesk-dbus-glib                ||Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637632)
+|-
+|nini                           ||Work from Copr
+|-
+|notify-sharp                   ||Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637624)
+|-
+|pdfmod                         ||Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637668)
+|-
+|pinta                          ||Fedora package work without changes if Copr is configured. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637640)
+|-
+|poppler-sharp                  ||Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637545)
+|-
+|qyoto                          ||Need move to 4.5 profile
+|-
+|rescene                        ||
+|-
+|shogun                         ||
+|-
+|sparkleshare                   ||Fedora package work without changes if Copr is configured
+|-
+|syntastic                      ||
+|-
+|taglib-sharp                   ||Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637613)
+|-
+|themonospot-base               ||Need move to 4.5 profile
+|-
+|themonospot-console            ||Need move to 4.5 profile
+|-
+|themonospot-gui-gtk            ||Need move to 4.5 profile
+|-
+|themonospot-gui-qt             ||Need move to 4.5 profile
+|-
+|themonospot-plugin-avi         ||Need move to 4.5 profile
+|-
+|themonospot-plugin-mkv         ||Need move to 4.5 profile
+|-
+|tomboy                         ||Work from Copr
+|-
+|uwsgi                          ||
+|-
+|webkit-sharp                   ||Work from Copr. Build in [koji f23-mono4](http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=637607)
+|-
+|xsp                            ||Work from Copr, EPEL6 need fix
+|}
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