Re: Position about Mono

2009-10-14 Thread Ed Landaveri
; From: sunda...@fedoraproject.org > Sent: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:50:10 +0530 > To: fedora-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: Position about Mono > > On 10/13/2009 09:30 AM, Bob McConnell wrote: > >> Is there any way to absolutely prevent Mono from being installed, like >>

Re: Position about Mono

2009-10-12 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 10/13/2009 09:56 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > > How about a .RPM that just adds exclude=mono* in /etc/yum.conf. It seems much easier just to change the configuration file in this case but if you want to create such a RPM, go ahead. Rahul -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com T

Re: Position about Mono

2009-10-12 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 1:20 AM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > If you want to exclude > any package from being installed in Fedora, do exclude=foo* in > /etc/yum.conf. > > Rahul How about a .RPM that just adds exclude=mono* in /etc/yum.conf. FC -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To

Re: Position about Mono

2009-10-12 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 10/13/2009 09:30 AM, Bob McConnell wrote: > Is there any way to absolutely prevent Mono from being installed, like > the mononono.deb available for other distributions? Even in that distribution, it isn't considered the right solution since it essentially short circuits the dep resolver. If y

Re: Position about Mono

2009-10-12 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 1:00 AM, Bob McConnell wrote: > Is there any way to absolutely prevent Mono from being installed, like the > mononono.deb available for other distributions? As long as the threat of > software patents exists, I don't want that infection anywhere near my > computers. > > Bo

Re: Position about Mono

2009-10-12 Thread Bob McConnell
Rahul Sundaram wrote: On 10/12/2009 04:49 PM, davide wrote: Hi guys, I would like to know the RedHat's postion (and Fedora's -if different-) about Mono. I don't want to start a flame. I'm asking because I've read in some blogs (sorry, lost pointers) that Fedora wish to stay Mono-free, and someon

Re: Position about Mono

2009-10-12 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 10/12/2009 11:16 PM, davide wrote: > > Thank you Rahul and thank you Julian. > I just wanted to know because I really like some Mono applications. I > just wanted to be sure they will always get the needed care as today. > > Thank you. Mono community in Fedora is still a pretty small one. I

Re: Position about Mono

2009-10-12 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 10/13/2009 02:11 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > Is there a simple way to transfer tomboy notes into gnote notes? In recent versions, Gnote does that automatically on first run. If you want to do that manually, it is pretty simple. In your home directory, run $ cp -r .tomboy .gnote That's it. Ra

Re: Position about Mono

2009-10-12 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Mon, 2009-10-12 at 18:39 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On 10/12/2009 04:49 PM, davide wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I would like to know the RedHat's postion (and Fedora's -if > > different-) about Mono. > > I don't want to start a flame. I'm asking because I've read in some > > blogs (sorry, lost p

Re: Position about Mono

2009-10-12 Thread davide
Il Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:39:31 +0530, Rahul Sundaram ha scritto: > On 10/12/2009 04:49 PM, davide wrote: >> Hi guys, >> I would like to know the RedHat's postion (and Fedora's -if different-) >> about Mono. >> I don't want to start a flame. I'm asking because I've read in some >> blogs (sorry, lost

Re: Position about Mono

2009-10-12 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 10/12/2009 04:49 PM, davide wrote: > Hi guys, > I would like to know the RedHat's postion (and Fedora's -if > different-) about Mono. > I don't want to start a flame. I'm asking because I've read in some > blogs (sorry, lost pointers) that Fedora wish to stay Mono-free, and > someone shows the g

Re: Position about Mono

2009-10-12 Thread Julian Aloofi
Am Montag, den 12.10.2009, 13:19 +0200 schrieb davide: > Hi guys, > I would like to know the RedHat's postion (and Fedora's -if > different-) about Mono. > I don't want to start a flame. I'm asking because I've read in some > blogs (sorry, lost pointers) that Fedora wish to stay Mono-free, and > so

Position about Mono

2009-10-12 Thread davide
Hi guys, I would like to know the RedHat's postion (and Fedora's -if different-) about Mono. I don't want to start a flame. I'm asking because I've read in some blogs (sorry, lost pointers) that Fedora wish to stay Mono-free, and someone shows the gnote as tomboy replacement as a proof. I tried to