Re: [myhdl-list] MyHDL on Ubuntu

[Felton C. <chr...@gm...>]

On Dec 20, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Balau wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am currently working to package MyHDL for Ubuntu. I think it will  
> be an advantage for MyHDL, since it will be able to reach the  
> community of one of the most widespread Linux distribution (even if  
> I think the most used distribution for electronic designers is  
> Fedora Electronic Labs), and allow easy installation and updates.
>
> The process is not very simple but it does not imply any work for  
> the project developers, because it involves basically:
> - getting the last release (for example myhdl-0.6)
> - adding the "Debian" specific files for packaging
> - build the package
> - upload the built package to a public repository, that allows users  
> to download and update MyHDL.
> I can take care of those steps, since I saw that the release cycle  
> of MyHDL is not pressing. It is also possible to push important  
> patches (for example security bugs) on the repository before the  
> next MyHDL release.

Do you know if the packages for different systems, i.e. BSD ports and  
Mac ports, are similar?  I believe the BSD ports are tcl scripts that  
inform the system where to download etc?  I understand this effort is  
specifically for Ubuntu, I wonder if other system packages would be  
easily derived for this effort?

.chris