[conspire] Finding all MS technology in Ubuntu (Was: When will came out the latest version of xxbuntu?)

[Adrien Lamothe]

----- Original Message ----
From: Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>
To: conspire at linuxmafia.com
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 12:31:55 AM
Subject: Re: [conspire] When will came out the latest version of xxbuntu?


Quoting 
Adrien 
Lamothe 
(a_lamothe at yahoo.com):

> 
There 
are 
at 
least 
11 
other 
mono 
packages 
(some 
of 
which 
may 
not 
be
> 
installed), 
not 
to 
mention 
any 
programs 
that 
use 
mono. 
mono-common
> 
contains 
some 
core 
stuff 
and 
removing 
it 
will 
stop 
mono 
apps 
from
> 
running[...]

Normally 
packages 
that 
require 
a 
language 
runtime 
will 
get 
removed
implicitly 
if 
you 
ask 
the 
package 
tools 
to 
remove 
that 
runtime.  
In
this 
case, 
I 
notice 
that 
the 
Mono 
runtime 
appears 
to 
be 
in 
package
"mono-runtime", 
_not_ 
"mono-common" 
(at 
least, 
on 
*buntu).  
The
"mono-common" 
package 
is 
described 
as 
providing 
base 
configuration 
files
for 
Mono, 
plus 
shell 
support 
for 
running 
Mono 
executables 
from 
the
command 
line.

Here 
are 
dependencies 
for 
a 
typical 
Mono-app 
package, 
F-Spot:

Depends: 
libart-2.0-2 
(>= 
2.3.16), 
libatk1.0-0 
(>= 
1.12.1), 
libbonobo2-0
(>= 
2.15.0), 
libbonoboui2-0 
(>= 
2.15.0), 
libc6 
(>= 
2.4-1), 
libcairo2 
(>=
1.2.4), 
libexif12, 
libfontconfig1 
(>= 
2.3.0), 
libgconf2-4 
(>= 
2.13.5),
libglib2.0-0 
(>= 
2.12.0), 
libgnome-keyring0 
(>= 
0.5.2), 
libgnome2-0 
(>=
2.14.1), 
libgnomecanvas2-0 
(>= 
2.11.1), 
libgnomeui-0 
(>= 
2.13.0),
libgnomevfs2-0 
(>= 
2.15.90), 
libgtk2.0-0 
(>= 
2.10.3), 
libice6,
libjpeg62, 
liblcms1 
(>= 
1.08-1), 
libmono0 
(>= 
1.1.17.1), 
liborbit2 
(>=
1:2.14.1), 
libpango1.0-0 
(>= 
1.14.5), 
libpopt0 
(>= 
1.10), 
libsm6,
libx11-6, 
libxcursor1 
(>> 
1.1.2), 
libxext6, 
libxfixes3, 
libxi6,
libxinerama1, 
libxml2 
(>= 
2.6.26), 
libxrandr2, 
libxrender1, 
mono-runtime
(>= 
1.0), 
libdbus-1-cil 
(>= 
0.60), 
libgconf2.0-cil 
(>= 
2.15.0),
libglade2.0-cil 
(>= 
2.9.0), 
libglib2.0-cil 
(>= 
2.9.0), 
libgnome2.0-cil
(>= 
2.15.0), 
libgphoto2-2 
(>= 
2.2.1), 
libgphoto2-port0 
(>= 
2.2.1),
libgtk2.0-cil 
(>= 
2.9.0), 
libmono-corlib1.0-cil 
(>= 
1.0),
libmono-sharpzip0.84-cil 
(>= 
1.0), 
libmono-sqlite1.0-cil 
(>= 
1.0),
libmono-system-data1.0-cil 
(>= 
1.0), 
libmono-system-web1.0-cil 
(>= 
1.0),
libmono-system1.0-cil 
(>= 
1.0), 
libmono1.0-cil 
(>= 
1.1.17.1)


Notice 
the 
dependency 
on 
"mono-runtime".  
So, 
removing 
the 
latter 
in 
the
fashion 
Don 
suggests 
would 
seem 
the 
most 
efficient 
way 
to 
purge 
Mono
apps, 
if 
one 
so 
desires.

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Just came across a web site where someone shows his results from a check of dependencies for MS technology in Ubuntu. Interesting web site. Check out:

     http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/15/mono-contamination-in-ubuntu/

One question, is whether having non-functioning bits of proprietary technology leaves one open to infringement claims.









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