On 2014-03-01, Brian Drummond wrote: > Have you heard any more from the IEEE?
Not yet. I think we should send an official request for permission to the IEEE Standards Association. I'm preparing a draft email and will ask for comments from the mailing list. > > If there are no objections, I will upload my unofficial packages to > > the Sourceforge Files section under Builds/ghdl-0.31/Debian. > > Excellent! No objections whatsoever. > You should already have permissions (I hope!) > > Please add a line or two to the Debian install Wiki... > http://sourceforge.net/p/ghdl-updates/wiki/Debian%20Instructions/ Ok. Uploaded and explanation provided. > Casual Debian users like me are used to "apt-get install" but I > imagine this needs some other command "dpkg -i ..." yes? Indeed, "dpkg -i ..." it is. > And then I don't know the implications, if we have to uninstall it > (and how) it to avoid "held packages" errors when there's an official > release to upgrade to... The package will be tracked by the Debian system like any other package. It can be cleanly uninstalled with "dpkg --purge" or upgraded to a newer version with a higher version number. Joris. _______________________________________________ Ghdl-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/ghdl-discuss
