GDC subversion project

[Gabe McArthur]

Anders_F_Bj=F6rklund?= says...
>That's OK, but I will hold any code until the agenda has been posted... 
>Is gnu-d.org about hosting GDC development ? Or any project ? Or what ?

I am more than happy to just host the compiler for right now.  Frankly, dsource
does a wonderful thing, and I'm not looking to poach on their demense.  I just
want a relatively small set of things related to the GNU -- the rest can be
disseminated via links to other sites and what not.  I envision just the
compiler, some core library (GPL or LGPL instead of Phobos), some kind of patch
to the GDB (until it can get integrated upstream), and possibly some kind of
extended library.  Really, just enough to get a program to run and debug it if
necessary.  I'm not interested in much else.  I think that's a really solid
start.

>What were your thoughts about changing GNU D Compiler to GCC D Compiler,
>and what about leaving projects to Dsource and just hosting GDC itself ?

I love the idea of changing names and forgoing wide-ranging projects.  It
unifies it.  Also, it would be a great thing to eventually have this project
merged into the main gcc distribution.  I think that's a great goal to work
towards.

>Does it have the disk space and bandwidth for hosting the GDC binaries ? 
>(around 100 MB per release, and some additional requirements for source)

At my current subscription level, I have about 1 gig of HD space and 3G/month
bandwidth (brought to you by the nice people at www.textdrive.com).  That being
said, I have also just requested another SF.net project page (this is a fork,
let's be clear) so the distribution of binaries should be less of a problem.
(Also, I'm not familiar with packaging scripts for Linux distros, but it might
also be useful to post those, if anyone knows how.)

>While the sources are free to use under their GPL license, it would be
>interesting to all of us if you explain where the process is leading...

Right now, I just want to get the compiler on the fast track, stick the GPL on
all its sources, and worry about shaking other things out later.  -- I love the
GPL, and I'd like to see more D software devoted to it, but that's a secondary
concern for right now.  We can cross that bridge when we come to it.

-Gabe