How to simplyfy "getting started" ? Installation desciption at dlang suboptimal.

[Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d]

On 26 January 2016 at 17:34, H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d <
digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 03:07:25PM +0000, Martin Tschierschke via
> Digitalmars-d wrote:
> [...]
> > I think probably the best would be if "sudo apt-get install dmd/dub",
> > out of the box would deliver, without the need to use an external
> > repository which, is not included as default in Debian/Ubuntu.
> >
> > Does anybody know how to form a "petition" for getting the always
> > latest stable releases of D included in Debian (=>Ubuntu)?
> [...]
>
> Unfortunately dmd will never be part of Debian's main repository,
> because the backend has an incompatible license.
>
> However, gdc, a gcc-based D compiler that uses the same frontend as dmd,
> is already in Debian, and probably has propagated to Ubuntu by now
> (apt-get install gdc). I regularly use gdc when I need the best
> performance (the gcc backend has superior optimizing capabilities
> compared to dmd). The only disadvantage is that it's a release or two
> behind dmd, due to the mismatch between the gcc release schedule and the
> dmd release schedule, so it will be a slightly older version of D. For
> the most part, that shouldn't be a problem, unless you absolutely need
> to use the latest and greatest features.
>
> As for including dub in Debian, somebody just has to do the packaging,
> and we could file an ITA and upload the package to Debian.
>


Both myself and the GCC maintainers are keen on this.  We have a D
compiler, but only a handful of (obsolete) software that uses it.

I have source packages for dub, dustmite, digger and dscanner.  I probably
need a couple of things to do with them first.

1. Confirm licensing with authors (Debian policy requires that all sources
and documentation distributed are covered by a license IIRC).
2. Peer review
3. Submit to Debian/Ubuntu.
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