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[myhdl-list] MyHDL on Ubuntu

[Balau <ba...@us...>]

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.

I am writing here to inform the owner Jan Decaluwe and to get feedback, also
from the MyHDL community.

Regards,
Francesco

[myhdl-list] MyHDL on Ubuntu

[Jan D. <ja...@ja...>]

http://balau82.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/myhdl-on-ubuntu/

(Thanks to Francesco Balducci)

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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