First noticed over on Gaming on Linux Microsoft have simply introduced the donation of the Mono venture to Wine HQ, the open supply group across the fashionable Home windows -> Linux compatibility layer WINE.
Particulars from the Mono Undertaking homepage:
The Mono Undertaking (mono/mono) (‘authentic mono’) has been an essential a part of the .NET ecosystem because it was launched in 2001. Microsoft grew to become the steward of the Mono Undertaking when it acquired Xamarin in 2016.
The final main launch of the Mono Undertaking was in July 2019, with minor patch releases since that point. The final patch launch was February 2024.
We’re glad to announce that the WineHQ group will probably be taking on because the stewards of the Mono Undertaking upstream at wine-mono / Mono · GitLab (winehq.org). Supply code in present mono/mono and different repos will stay out there, though repos could also be archived. Binaries will stay out there for as much as 4 years.
Microsoft maintains a contemporary fork of Mono runtime within the dotnet/runtime repo and has been progressively shifting workloads to that fork. That work is now full, and we suggest that lively Mono customers and maintainers of Mono-based app frameworks migrate to .NET which incorporates work from this fork.
We need to acknowledge that the Mono Undertaking was the primary .NET implementation on Android, iOS, Linux, and different working methods. The Mono Undertaking was a trailblazer for the .NET platform throughout many working methods. It helped make cross-platform .NET a actuality and enabled .NET in lots of new locations and we respect the work of those that got here earlier than us.
Thanks to all of the Mono builders!
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You’ll be able to study extra about Mono and its transition from Microsoft to Wine HQ within the video beneath.
