From 52b60d37b1d76edd60263140b89ac6d47a6e3a2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miguel de Icaza Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 19:37:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] update svn path=/trunk/mono/; revision=10477 --- NEWS | 107 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 107 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 18616738a4d..ad544b1a570 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,104 @@ +Happy new year! + + The Mono team is proud to release Mono 0.18, with plenty of bug + fixes and improvements. If you are a happy 0.17 user, this + release is a happiness extension release. Many bugs in the + runtime, class libraries and C# compiler have been fixed. + + Also, our special envoy in Japan has reported that there is + some naming confussion about the naming of Mono, as can be + seen in the following documentary material: + + Atsushi Enomoto shows the source of confussion: + + http://primates.ximian.com/~duncan/gallery/Duncan-in-Tokyo/DSCN0702 + + Nick and Duncan echo it: + + http://primates.ximian.com/~duncan/gallery/Duncan-in-Tokyo/DSCN0703 + +* Availability + + Mono 0.18 packages and source code is available for download from: + + http://www.go-mono.com/download.html + + Those using Red Carpet on Linux can install Mono 0.18 from + the Mono channel. The packages have already been pushed for + you. + + At release time we have packages for Red Hat 8.0, 7.3, + 7.2 and 7.1 and Mandrake 8.2. + +* Contributors to this release + + This release is brought to you by: + + Alejandro Sanchez, Alp Toker, Atsushi Enomoto, Cesar Octavio + Lopez Netaren, Daniel Lopez (mod_mono), Daniel Morgan, Dennis + Hayes, Dick Porter, Dietmar Maurer, Duncan Mak, Eduardo + Garcia, Gaurav Vaish, Gonzalo Paniagua, Jackson Harper, Jaime + Anguiano, Jeroen Janssen, Johannes Roith, Jonathan Pryor, Juli + Mallett, Lluis Sanchez, Marco Ridoni, Martin Baulig, Miguel de + Icaza, Nick Drochak, Paolo Molaro, Patrik Torstensson, Piers + Haken, Rachel Hestilow, Rafael Teixeira, Ravi Pratap, + Sebastian Pouliot, Tim Coleman, Tim Hayes, Ville Palo, Zoltan + Varga. + +* New in this release + + VB.NET compiler: + + Many improvements to the Mono VB.NET compiler. + + ASP.NET: + + Plenty of bug fixes in ASP.NET. Larger applications + can now be run with it. The authentication system has + been deployed, most changes are from Gonzalo. + + We have a modified IBuySpy running (without Xslt) + + If you want to run ASP.NET you can run it with either + our XSP proof-of-concept server, or with Daniel's + Apache module that can be fetched from CVS (module + name: mod_apache) + + Type Reflector: + + A Console, Gtk# and Windows.Forms tool to browse + compiled assemblies and examine the types on it, from + Jonathan Pryor. + + Moving to NUnit 2.0 + + Nick continues the work on moving our test suite to NUnit 2.0 + + Mobile.Controls: + + Gaurav has started work on the Mobile controls, which + are required to run some of the reference applications + in full-mode like IBuySpy. + + Remoting: + + The remoting infrastructure has got a big boost from + Lluis in this release. + + System.Data/XML + + Ville has been working on improving our System.Data + classes in the XML assembly. + + Crypto: + + Plenty of new crypto from Sebastien as well. A new + web page in our site can be used to track this. + + http://www.go-mono.com/crypto.html + + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello! Version 0.17 of Mono has been released. @@ -106,7 +207,13 @@ Hello! Many regression tests have been added as well (Ville has been doing a great job here). + Brian also created a DB provider multiplexor (The ProviderFactory) + Stuart Caborn contributed Writing XML from a DataSet. + Luis Fernandez contributed constraint handling code. + + Also there is new a Gtk# GUI tool from Dan that can be used to + try out various providers. * System.XML: -- 2.25.1