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@@ -130,6 +130,17 @@ A: Different parts of Mono will achieve usability at different stages,
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Other higher level class libraries (ASP.NET, ADO.NET, WinForms) will
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be released when they become stable.
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+Q: When will Mono 1.0 ship?
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+
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+A: We are planning on releasing Mono 1.0 (Mono Core) which will ship all the
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+ components of Mono that are known to be stable in Q4 2003.
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+
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+ This release will lack System.Windows.Forms and
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+ Enterprise.Services, as they will not be production ready on this timeframe.
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+
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+ Mono 1.2 should come in Q2 2004 and include the missing components
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+ libraries that will make Mono feature-compatible with .NET 1.0
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+
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Q: What major components will you include in Mono?
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A: Hopefully everything that Microsoft ships on their Framework
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@@ -715,6 +726,9 @@ A: With any luck, Free Software enthusiasts will contribute tools to
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initially using the Microsoft implementation of the CLI and then
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executed later with Mono.
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+ We are recommending people to use and contribute to existing
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+ projects like SharpDevelop, Anjuta and Eclipse.
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+
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Q: What kind of rules make the Common Intermediate Language useful for
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JITers?
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@@ -742,32 +756,14 @@ A: In Mono, xsp is just the name of the C# code generator for ASP.NET
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Pages" technology so as they are very different things, they don't
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conflict.
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-Q: What about using something like Jabber instead of the System.Messaging
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- namespace?.
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-
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-A: In short, MSMQ is not something like Jabber, but asynchronous messaging
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- through queues. Useful queues do more than serialize messages, they are
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- also platform bridges.
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-
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-Q: Are you supporting XMLDocument and relatives?.
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-
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-A: Currently, we aren't implementing them yet. It would require updates to
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- most of the XmlNode derivatives so it's not a trivial task. We are
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- currently focusing on getting XPath support working.
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Q: Is there any plan to develop an aspx server for Mono?.
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-A: The web server turned out to be very simple compared to the rest of the
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- work. Gonzalo has got the page generator mostly done (a module called
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- xsp, who has nothing to do with the XSP term used in the Apache Project).
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- Patrik has done a lot of the work to get the ProcessRequest to work.
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- You can try to help in the final touches to the System.Web classes and
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- writing regression tests for the widgets we have.
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+A: The XSP reference server is available and you can also use mod_mono
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+ with Apache.
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Q: Is there any way I can develop the class libraries using Linux yet?
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-A: Yes. Some class libraries can be developed on Linux. Search for
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- Paolo's post (he lists which classes can be compiled fine now).
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+A: Yes. Mono has been self hosting since May 2002.
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Q: Is there any way I can install a known working copy of mono in /usr,
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and an experimental copy somewhere else, and have both copies use
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@@ -787,26 +783,15 @@ Q: Would it be too terrible to have another corlib signed as mscorlib?
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A: We rename corlib to mscorlib also when saving the PE files, in fact,
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the runtime can execute program created by mono just fine.
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-Q: Is there a relatively straightforward way to repeat the steps taken
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- by Paolo to get Mono completely self-hosted on Linux?
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-
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-A: To build the compiler and class libraries in Linux, run:
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- <ul><li>make -f makefile.gnu. To install them, run: </li>
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- <li>make -f makefile.gnu install prefix=/opt/mono</li>
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- </ul>
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-
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- If you want to produce and distribute a monocharge tarball, run:
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- make -f makefile.gnu dist
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- Of course you have to run these in the top level mcs directory.
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-
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Q: Is it possible to build a C# file to some sort of intermediate format which
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can linked into a final module, like the traditional .c -> .o -> .so path?
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-A: You could do: mcs /target:module file1.cs, mcs /target:module file2.cs,
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- mcs /target:exe file1.dll file2.dll /out:mybin.exe
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+A: You can use:
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+
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+ mcs /target:library file1.cs, mcs /target:library file2.cs,
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+ mcs /target:exe file1.dll file2.dll /out:mybin.exe
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-Q: Is there any plans for implementing remoting in the near future?, When will
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- work in System.Runtime.Remoting.dll start?
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+Q: Is there any plans for implementing remoting in the near future?
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A: The remoting infrastructure is in place. We have implementations
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of the TcpChannel, HttpChannel and the Soap and Binary Formatters.
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@@ -849,6 +834,23 @@ A: From Carlos Perell
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This way you just execute: ./my-cool-mono-application.exe and it works
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without the need of any wrapper.</i>
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+Q: I see funny characters when I run programs, what is the problem?
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+
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+A: (From Peter Williams and Gonzalo Paniagua):
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+
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+ This is Red Hat 9 (probably) using UTF8 on its console; the bytes are
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+ the UTF8 endianness markers. You can do:
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+
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+ LC_ALL=C mono myexe.exe
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+
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+ And they wont show up.
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+
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+ Alternatively, you can do:
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+
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+ $ echo -e "\033%G"
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+
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+ to enable UTF-8 on the console.
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+
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<a name="asp">
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** Mono and ASP.NET
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@@ -1417,3 +1419,6 @@ A: It's possible to run VC++ generated apps under Mono, but we do not
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or if you think that you found a bug, etc. Please visit the
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<a href="http://geneura.ugr.es/~jaime/deploy/mono-common-problems.html">Mono Common Problems</a> document and try there.
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+** Credits
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+
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+ The FAQ contains material contributed by Miguel de Icaza, Jaime Anguiano, Lluis Sánchez.
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Miguel de Icaza