[Pkg-d-devel] Working on D packaging...?

[Iain Buclaw]

On 23 February 2016 at 14:57, Matthias Klumpp <mak at debian.org> wrote:

> Hi there!
>
> I am currently thinking about (re)writing a software project in D,
> namely the AppStream metadata generator.
> The generator right now is way too slow, so rewriting it in some fast
> compiled language makes sense, especially since it will have to be
> extended soon, and take even more tasks.
> Instead of going with the obvious choice, C, I decided to try something
> new.
>
> The initial idea was to rewrite parts of that thing in Go, but since
> interfacing C and Go isn't that much fun (it's actually much easier to
> integrate C/C++ with D!), and D performed really well during my first
> trials, I am now thinking about using it.
> (the great C compatibility really is a huge selling point, also the
> built-in concurrent programming in D is really neat and something I
> want).
>
> The problem is that the Debian packaging side of D stuff looks really
> sad at time, and I sooner or later would like to have this component
> in Debian.
>
> Since there are also other cool projects making use of D, e.g. the
> Terminix terminal emulator, I think adding more D stuff to Debian will
> be a good idea.
>
> Unfortunately I don't have enough time to maintain lots of new
> packages on my own, but I would certainly like to do the initial
> packaging of a few and team-maintain them.
>
> So, finally, to my question: Is the D team still active somehow? Would
> it make sense for me to join the team and set up a Git repository for
> some important D packages (dub certainly would be important, etc.)?
>
> Cheers,
>     Matthias
>
> P.S: I'm still just exploring the D language, so it's not certain that
> I will work on this - and the low adoption of D certainly is a weak
> point. But so far, I like the language a lot, it's a great improvement
> over C++, and maybe worth a try.
>
>
Hi Matthias,

There are plans to add more toolchain utility packages to Debian (dub,
dscanner, dustmite, etc....) - but they are part of a bigger backlog of
things that I am working on, which is quite stretched already as it is. :-)

Iain.
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