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:Mono in the default (Debian) install?
Mono in the default (Debian) install?
Jun 13, 2009, 10 :01 UTC (33 Talkback[s]) (8221 reads)
(Other stories by Robert Millan)

"The reason for that is so Tomboy, the note-taking application, can be included now. Well I'm not really sure a note-taking application really needs to be in the default selection, to the point that it justifies dragging ~50 MiB of dependencies into the first CD. However, being the maintainer for Gnote in Debian, there's one thing I know. I'll explain with two screenshots:

"...I have to admit, however, that I admire Jo's sincerity when he makes this point: it's not the users who want it, it's the developers. "

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Will this create a Debian fork, or has t ...   A fork in the road?   
rick
Jun 13, 2009, 11:02:49  
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport ...   bug #532355   
Long time Debian
Jun 13, 2009, 14:00:26  
hmph, apparently I am not the first pers ...   sigh,   
Long time Debian
Jun 13, 2009, 14:48:19  
This debate has gone on far too long. I ...   Please pull these discussions off linuxtoday   
dan
Jun 13, 2009, 15:22:04  
What we are watching with the mono pande ...   Please post these discussions on linuxtoday!   
Robert
Jun 13, 2009, 16:36:44  
> ... the oligarchs of the domain of gre ...   Re: Please post these discussions on linuxtoday!   
Long time Debian
Jun 13, 2009, 20:15:01  
> This debate has gone on far too long.> ...   Re: Please pull these discussions off linuxtoday   
Robert Devi
Jun 13, 2009, 21:03:46  
Mono? Just say *** NO! +1If MONO become ...   Re: Please post these discussions on linuxtoday!   
GreyGeek
Jun 13, 2009, 21:20:36  
I don't find mono an acceptable risk ...   Sounds like I may stay at Lenny   
Charles Hixson
Jun 13, 2009, 22:02:55  
Dan, I am not a developer, I am a user o ...   @Dan........I beg to disagree, this is VERY necess   
TonyY
Jun 13, 2009, 22:51:21  
> I understand that Fedora is removing M ...   Re: Re: Please post these discussions on linuxtoda   
finalzone
Jun 14, 2009, 00:40:12  
If it is so easy to remove libmono and s ...   Re: fork   
Yim
Jun 14, 2009, 00:40:22  
I can still remember the whining by the ...   It's amusing for us old cynics to watch this   
Bill Peterson
Jun 14, 2009, 01:59:45  
Really, who needs Microsoft to destroy L ...   Microsoft is sitting back watching this farce   
Zac
Jun 14, 2009, 02:10:49  
> Really, who needs Microsoft to destroy ...   Re: Microsoft is sitting back watching this farce   
Frank Earl (aka Svartalf)
Jun 14, 2009, 06:33:25  
Yeah, like we need trolls and M$ shills ...   Re: Microsoft is sitting back watching this farce   
Rudy Young
Jun 14, 2009, 13:45:35  
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo ...   Re: bug #532355   
Rainer Weikusat
Jun 14, 2009, 16:00:08  
I am a debian user and I would NOT want ...   if mono becomes part of debian default...   
Robert C. Miller
Jun 14, 2009, 16:00:15  
After poking around the net for answers, ...   Why gnome likes mono   
Yim
Jun 14, 2009, 18:45:27  
If I decide I like Tcl/Tk and someone fo ...   Imposing your choice on others   
Yim
Jun 14, 2009, 20:52:25  
Spellcheck didn't catch those. ...   Diffuse->defuse adverse->averse   
Yim
Jun 14, 2009, 21:00:15  
> Spellcheck didn't catch those. Ble ...   Re: Diffuse->defuse adverse->averse   
Rufus Polson
Jun 14, 2009, 21:13:50  
I see that some Mono proponents claim th ...   I PROPOSE A POLL!!   
Phil
Jun 15, 2009, 01:46:44  
> Really, who needs Microsoft to destroy ...   Re: Microsoft is sitting back watching this farce   
Phil
Jun 15, 2009, 02:02:13  
> > Spellcheck didn't catch those.> ...   Re: Re: Diffuse->defuse adverse->averse   
Neko Nata
Jun 15, 2009, 02:36:27  
[...].> MHO over some sparse topics:> 1] ...   Re: Re: Re: Diffuse->defuse adverse->averse   
Rainer Weikusat
Jun 15, 2009, 06:25:03  
> This is supposed to refer to licensing ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Diffuse->defuse adverse->averse   
Vitrioliv
Jun 15, 2009, 07:23:07  
> If Mono happens to ever become a part ...   Re: if mono becomes part of debian default...   
Onan the Barbarian
Jun 15, 2009, 11:25:38  
[DFSG-related question].>> This is suppo ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Diffuse->defuse adverse->avers   
Rainer Weikusat
Jun 15, 2009, 14:06:52  
> See 'patent remark' above. Som ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Diffuse->defuse adverse->averse   
Frank Earl (aka Svartalf)
Jun 15, 2009, 15:04:42  
> But you will always be able to install ...   Re: Re: if mono becomes part of debian default...   
Frank Earl (aka Svartalf)
Jun 15, 2009, 15:12:56  
me> 1] I thought Debian was supposed to ...   Re: Diffuse->defuse adverse->averse   
Neko Nata
Jun 16, 2009, 00:01:48  
> There is no reason to make assumptions ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Diffuse->defuse adverse->a   
Neko Nata
Jun 16, 2009, 00:39:35  
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