This work can be reused on debian-based distributions. The most famous
are Debian itself, Ubuntu (with Kubuntu, Edubuntu, etc...), Mint and
Knoppix.
As far as I know, other systems use completely different policies.
> 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
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