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

[Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d]

On 26 January 2016 at 20:23, Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw at gdcproject.org> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
1b. Make sure it builds and runs without issues.
4. ???
5. Profit.
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