[Pnet-developers] pnetlib profiles and such

[Rhys Weatherley]

Hi all!

We had a brainstorming session on #dotgnu tonight about 1.1 vs 1.2 build 
profiles, and here's what I suggest, unless anyone else has a better idea.

The default "full" profile will build the "bleeding edge version", currently 
1.2, and I'll add a "framework1.1" profile for building the original version.

As for feature names, we should continue with the policy of making up a 
reasonable feature-based name.  e.g. "CONFIG_EXTENDED_CONSOLE", 
"CONFIG_GENERICS", "CONFIG_WEB_BROWSER", etc.  This makes it easier to create 
stripped-down embedded profiles that contain some features but not all.

For things that don't easily fall into a broad category (e.g. minor mods to 
existing classes), use "CONFIG_FRAMEWORK_1_2".  If in doubt as to what label 
to use, just ask me.

While we could go back and retroactively create a "CONFIG_FRAMEWORK_1_1" for 
1.0 vs 1.1, I think we'll just declare 1.1 as the base version and work 
forward from there.  1.0 apps will generally run fine against a 1.1 library 
and most .NET developers have already upgraded.

A related issue, that is still to be decided, is how to build and install 1.1 
and 1.2 at the same time (i.e. multiple versions from the one make).

If there are no objections, I'll schedule the necessary profile modifications 
for the next few days.  Comments are welcome.

Cheers,

Rhys.