Release items

Alex Rønne Petersen alex at lycus.org
Fri Aug 3 09:56:02 PDT 2012


On 03-08-2012 18:48, Russel Winder wrote:
> Nice to see 2.060 out, good job everyone involved.
>
> A few quick questions, if I may:
>
> There is an Ubuntu deb, but it isn't clear which version of Ubuntu the
> deb is for. Unless everything in the deb is self-contained and
> statically linked, this could be a problem.

It should work with Oneiric and up at least. Don't know about Debian.

>
> There is no Debian or Mint deb, is this just lack of resources or
> decision not to support anything other than Ubuntu?

The .deb will work on Debian, Ubuntu, and Linux Mint. I can confirm the 
latter two at least, and I know others use it on Debian.

>
> There is a Fedora RPM, but it isn't clear which version of Fedora the
> RPM is for. Unless everything in the RPM is self-contained and
> statically linked, this could be a problem.
>
> Currently I am downloading and installing the zip file but it would be
> nice to switch to using debs on my Debian Unstable.

I don't see any reason you can't use the .deb.

>
> NB The MacOSX DMG link on http://dlang.org/download.html for 1.060 is a
> 404.
>

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Alex Rønne Petersen
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