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reply Walter Bright <newshound1 digitalmars.com> writes:
This was prepared by Cristi Vlasceanu (of Zerobugs fame!)

http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd_2.012-030608_i386.deb
Mar 07 2008
next sibling parent reply Dejan Lekic <dejan.lekic gmail.com> writes:
Mr. Bright,
I thought it is illegal to pack DMD and distribute it. Since Mr. 
Vlasceanu obviously did the Debian package, may I maintain and 
distribute Fedora & OpenSuse DMD packages?

Kind regards

Walter Bright wrote:

 This was prepared by Cristi Vlasceanu (of Zerobugs fame!)
 
 http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd_2.012-030608_i386.deb
Mar 07 2008
parent reply John Reimer <terminal.node gmail.com> writes:
Dejan Lekic wrote:

 Mr. Bright,
 I thought it is illegal to pack DMD and distribute it. Since Mr. 
 Vlasceanu obviously did the Debian package, may I maintain and 
 distribute Fedora & OpenSuse DMD packages?
 
 Kind regards
 
 Walter Bright wrote:

 This was prepared by Cristi Vlasceanu (of Zerobugs fame!)

 http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd_2.012-030608_i386.deb





It's being distributed on the digitalmars site, so it's not illegal for 
Walter. :)

-JJR
Mar 07 2008
next sibling parent BCS <BCS pathlink.com> writes:
John Reimer wrote:

 Dejan Lekic wrote:
 

 Mr. Bright,
 I thought it is illegal to pack DMD and distribute it. Since Mr. 
 Vlasceanu obviously did the Debian package, may I maintain and 
 distribute Fedora & OpenSuse DMD packages?

 Kind regards

 Walter Bright wrote:


 This was prepared by Cristi Vlasceanu (of Zerobugs fame!)

 http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd_2.012-030608_i386.deb




 
 
 
 It's being distributed on the digitalmars site, so it's not illegal for 
 Walter. :)
 
 -JJR


and therefor a similar arrangement would also not be illegal for you 
with respect to Fedora & OpenSuse. Contact Walter and see what you can 
arrange.
Mar 07 2008
prev sibling parent reply Jason House <jason.james.house gmail.com> writes:
John Reimer wrote:


 Dejan Lekic wrote:

 Mr. Bright,
 I thought it is illegal to pack DMD and distribute it. Since Mr.
 Vlasceanu obviously did the Debian package, may I maintain and
 distribute Fedora & OpenSuse DMD packages?
 
 Kind regards
 
 Walter Bright wrote:

 This was prepared by Cristi Vlasceanu (of Zerobugs fame!)

 http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd_2.012-030608_i386.deb




 
 
 It's being distributed on the digitalmars site, so it's not illegal for
 Walter. :)
 
 -JJR


Hmmm... How hard would it be to tweak the distribution mechanism such that
ubuntu users can add digital mars to /etc/apt/sources.list?  If that's
done, users will automagically be prompted with the option to upgrade with
each new release (and other nifty stuff like command-line updates...
apt-get install dmd)
Mar 07 2008
next sibling parent reply Jesse Phillips <jessekphillips gmail.com> writes:
On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:05:04 -0500, Jason House wrote:


 John Reimer wrote:
 

 Dejan Lekic wrote:

 Mr. Bright,
 I thought it is illegal to pack DMD and distribute it. Since Mr.
 Vlasceanu obviously did the Debian package, may I maintain and
 distribute Fedora & OpenSuse DMD packages?
 
 Kind regards
 
 Walter Bright wrote:

 This was prepared by Cristi Vlasceanu (of Zerobugs fame!)

 http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd_2.012-030608_i386.deb




 
 
 It's being distributed on the digitalmars site, so it's not illegal for
 Walter. :)
 
 -JJR


 
 Hmmm... How hard would it be to tweak the distribution mechanism such
 that ubuntu users can add digital mars to /etc/apt/sources.list?  If
 that's done, users will automagically be prompted with the option to
 upgrade with each new release (and other nifty stuff like command-line
 updates... apt-get install dmd)


digitalmars would have to run a repository for it but I don't think it 
would be too hard to set up. One of my concerns right now is the fact 
that you can't install dmd2 and dmd1 side by side, well you can but the 
conf file doesn't handle it. I feel being able to install all variations 
of the compiler should be supported. This, to me, would resolve a lot of 
the "competition."
Mar 07 2008
parent Georg Wrede <georg nospam.org> writes:
Jesse Phillips wrote:

 On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:05:04 -0500, Jason House wrote:
 
 

John Reimer wrote:



Dejan Lekic wrote:


Mr. Bright,
I thought it is illegal to pack DMD and distribute it. Since Mr.
Vlasceanu obviously did the Debian package, may I maintain and
distribute Fedora & OpenSuse DMD packages?

Kind regards

Walter Bright wrote:


This was prepared by Cristi Vlasceanu (of Zerobugs fame!)

http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd_2.012-030608_i386.deb





It's being distributed on the digitalmars site, so it's not illegal for
Walter. :)

-JJR


Hmmm... How hard would it be to tweak the distribution mechanism such
that ubuntu users can add digital mars to /etc/apt/sources.list?  If
that's done, users will automagically be prompted with the option to
upgrade with each new release (and other nifty stuff like command-line
updates... apt-get install dmd)


 
 
 digitalmars would have to run a repository for it but I don't think it 
 would be too hard to set up. One of my concerns right now is the fact 
 that you can't install dmd2 and dmd1 side by side, well you can but the 
 conf file doesn't handle it. I feel being able to install all variations 
 of the compiler should be supported. This, to me, would resolve a lot of 
 the "competition."


I second that!

For a small company this really is a problem. During the years different 
apps get programmed to different customers, and it's easiest to do bug 
fixing and incrementals using the same version of D as the original. 
(Porting to the latest D is unfeasible for every little bug fix, since 
it may cause a lot of "unnecessary" work, especially when the app is 
nontrivial.)

Simply, if Walter changes the library naming convention to something like

libphobos<dmd-version-number>[debug/release]

we'd be a long way towards the goal. Of course additionally we need to 
fix paths and such on our development machines whenever we "switch" 
compilers, but that's a piece of cake, compared.
Mar 09 2008
prev sibling parent reply Jarrod <qwerty ytre.wq> writes:
On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:05:04 -0500, Jason House wrote:


 Hmmm... How hard would it be to tweak the distribution mechanism such
 that ubuntu users can add digital mars to /etc/apt/sources.list?  If
 that's done, users will automagically be prompted with the option to
 upgrade with each new release (and other nifty stuff like command-line
 updates... apt-get install dmd)


There's an apt repository for it already. It downloads the compiler from 
the DMD site and installs it for you:

deb http://d.xk.pl/debian/ unstable contrib

Updates within a few days of each release, and can install dmd 1 or 2 for 
you. Works for any linux distro with apt, really.
Mar 08 2008
next sibling parent Jason House <jason.james.house gmail.com> writes:
Jarrod wrote:


 On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:05:04 -0500, Jason House wrote:
 

 Hmmm... How hard would it be to tweak the distribution mechanism such
 that ubuntu users can add digital mars to /etc/apt/sources.list?  If
 that's done, users will automagically be prompted with the option to
 upgrade with each new release (and other nifty stuff like command-line
 updates... apt-get install dmd)


 
 There's an apt repository for it already. It downloads the compiler from
 the DMD site and installs it for you:
 
 deb http://d.xk.pl/debian/ unstable contrib
 
 Updates within a few days of each release, and can install dmd 1 or 2 for
 you. Works for any linux distro with apt, really.


Is that on the digitalmars site somewhere?  It's a good feature to
advertise.
Mar 08 2008
prev sibling parent reply Jason House <jason.james.house gmail.com> writes:
Jarrod wrote:


 On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:05:04 -0500, Jason House wrote:
 

 Hmmm... How hard would it be to tweak the distribution mechanism such
 that ubuntu users can add digital mars to /etc/apt/sources.list?  If
 that's done, users will automagically be prompted with the option to
 upgrade with each new release (and other nifty stuff like command-line
 updates... apt-get install dmd)


 
 There's an apt repository for it already. It downloads the compiler from
 the DMD site and installs it for you:
 
 deb http://d.xk.pl/debian/ unstable contrib
 
 Updates within a few days of each release, and can install dmd 1 or 2 for
 you. Works for any linux distro with apt, really.


What's the proper way to have this work with tango?
Mar 08 2008
parent Jarrod <qwerty ytre.wq> writes:
On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:09:20 -0500, Jason House wrote:


 Is that on the digitalmars site somewhere?  It's a good feature to
 advertise..


I found it on the wiki, but it's not on the site.


 What's the proper way to have this work with tango?


You'd have to build and install it manually, or use DSSS.
The installer places phobos in /usr/lib/dmd/src/phobos, so the best place 
to put tango would probably be /usr/lib/dmd/src/tango, and then edit 
/etc/dmd.conf to include that location instead of the phobos one.
You could also place it with all the other libraries in /usr/include/d/.
Mar 09 2008
prev sibling parent Henrik <zodiachus gmail.com> writes:
How about adding one of those fancy apt-urls I've heard so much about?

http://linuxhack3r.com/2008/04/05/apturl-in-ubuntu/


Walter Bright Wrote:


 This was prepared by Cristi Vlasceanu (of Zerobugs fame!)
 
 http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd_2.012-030608_i386.deb
Apr 09 2008