In order to make mcs and the class libraries you will need the
GNU make tools. These may be obtained for the Windows
- environment from <a href="www.cygwin.com">cygwin.com</a>.
+ environment from <a href="http://www.cygwin.com">cygwin.com</a>.
You will also need to get GLIB, from: <a
href="ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v1.2/glib-1.2.10.tar.gz">ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v1.2/glib-1.2.10.tar.gz</a>
<a name="sources">
** Sources
- Currently we will be providing CVS snapshots every day, until
- we make the first tarball release.
+ We provide both <a href="#packaged">packaged and tested</a>
+ tarballs (those are known to compile and pass `make
+ distcheck') as well as <a href="snapshots">daily snapshots</a> done
+ at 10pm Boston Time
+
+<a name="snapshots">
+*** Snapshots
+
+ The daily snapshots are available <a
+ href="http://www.go-mono.com/snapshots">here</a>. These
+ snapshots are done every day at 10pm EST (Boston Time).
+
+ They are not guaranteed to build, but most of the time they
+ should. They should give you a window to see what we are up to.
+
+ You might also want to track our development using the <a
+ href="http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-cvs-list">mono-cvs-list</a>
+ mailing list.
+
+<a name="packaged">
+*** Released and tested packages
<ul>
+ <a name="sep-18">
+ <b>September 18, 2001</b>
+ <ul>
+ * <a href="archive/mono-0.7.tar.gz">mono-0.7.tar.gz</a>: Mono Runtime 0.7 release.
+ * <a href="archive/mcs-0.7.tar.gz">mcs-0.7.tar.gz</a>: Mono Compiler and Classes 0.7 release.
+ * <a href="archive/mono-0.7">Release Notes.</a>
+ </ul>
+
+ <a name="august-22">
+ <b>August 22, 2001</b>
+ <ul>
+ * <a href="archive/mono-0.6.tar.gz">mono-0.6.tar.gz</a>: Mono Runtime 0.6 release.
+ * <a href="archive/mono-compiler-classes-0.6.tar.gz">mono-compiler-classes-0.6.tar.gz</a>: Mono Compiler and Classes 0.6 release.
+ * <a href="archive/mono-0.6">Release Notes.</a>
+ </ul>
+
+
+ <a name="july-29">
+ <b>July 29, 2001</b>
+ <ul>
+ * <a href="archive/mono-0.5.tar.gz">mono-0.5.tar.gz</a>: Mono Runtime 0.5 release.
+ * <a href="archive/mono-0.5">Release Notes.</a>
+ </ul>
+
+
+ <a name="july-22">
+ <b>July 22, 2001</b>
+ <ul>
+ * <a href="archive/mcs-22-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-22-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS snapshot.
+ * <a href="archive/mcs-Jul-22-Jul-19-2001.tar.gz">Differences since 19</a>: CVS snapshot.
+ * <a href="archive/mcs-22">Release Notes.</a>
+ </ul>
+
+ <a name="july-19">
+ <b>July 19th, 2001</b>
+ <ul>
+ * <a href="archive/mcs-19-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-19-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS snapshot.
+ * <a href="archive/mcs-Jul-17-Jul-19-2001.tar.gz">Differences since 17</a>: CVS snapshot.
+ * <a href="archive/mcs-19">Release Notes.</a>
+ </ul>
+
<a name="july-17">
<b>July 17th, 2001</b>
<ul>
* <a href="archive/mcs-17-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-17-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS snapshot.
* <a href="archive/mcs-Jul-15-Jul-17-2001.tar.gz">Differences since 15</a>: CVS snapshot.
- * <a href="archive/mcs-17">Release Notes</a>
+ * <a href="archive/mcs-17">Release Notes.</a>
</ul>
<a name="july-15">
<ul>
* <a href="archive/mcs-15-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-15-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS snapshot.
* <a href="archive/mono-0.4.tar.gz">mono-0.4.tar.gz</a>: Packaged Source Code.
- * <a href="archive/mono-0.4">Release Notes</a>
+ * <a href="archive/mono-0.4">Release Notes.</a>
</ul>
<a name="july-14">
<b>July 14th, 2001</b>
<ul>
- * <a href="archive/jay.cs.tar.gz">archive/jay.cs.tar.gz</a>: Sources to Jay.
* <a href="archive/mcs-12-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-12-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS snapshot.
* <a href="archive/mono-0.3.tar.gz">mono-0.3.tar.gz</a>: Packaged Source Code.
</ul>
<b>July 8th, 2001</b>
<ul>
- * <a href="archive/jay.cs.tar.gz">archive/jay.cs.tar.gz</a>: Sources.
* <a href="archive/mcs-08-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-08-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS Snapshot
* <a href="archive/mono-08-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mono-08-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS Snapshot
</ul>
follow these instructions:
<ul>
- * Install <a href="http://www.cygwin.org">CygWin</a> first.
+ * Install <a href="http://www.cygwin.com">CygWin</a> first.
* Untar the MCS distribution (see below for information).
To compile the mono runtime on windows:
<ul>
- * Install <a href="http://www.cygwin.org">CygWin</a> first.
+ * Install <a href="http://www.cygwin.com">CygWin</a> first.
* Once installed, in a terminal window or a cygwin
window (a shortcut should be on your desktop), untar the glib
* Configure, compile and install glib, like this:
<pre>
-./configure --prefix=/usr/bin
+./configure --prefix=/usr
make
make install
</pre>
+ * You also need a patch found <a
+ href="http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2001-04/msg01792.html">here</a>.
* Unpack the mono distribution:
make
make install
</pre>
+
+ * Some people observed problems with autoconf 2.52. Installing
+ autoconf 2.13 helped in those cases (don't forget to do a
+ `make maintainer-clean' after the update)
+
</ul>
To compile the mono runtime on Unix:
</pre>
</ul>
-** CVS
-
- We are trying to figure out where to put our CVS repository.
- We are debating between the GNOME CVS or SourceForge. Watch
- this spot.