Re: D pull request review process -- strawman formal definition, query for tools

2013-05-11 Thread Thomas Koch
to further specify what a change is about Regards, Thomas Koch

Re: Migrating D front end to D - post Dconf

2013-05-09 Thread Thomas Koch
a complete D compiler. There are languages in Debian that rely on themselves to be build and it's a headache to support those languages on all architectures. Regards, Thomas Koch

Re: Migrating dmd to D?

2013-03-01 Thread Thomas Koch
you, Thomas Koch

Re: DVM - D Version Manager 0.4.1

2012-11-29 Thread Thomas Koch
Jacob Carlborg wrote: I just released a new version of DVM, 0.4.1. This is mostly a bug fix On planet-scala they have the habit of adding a one-liner description of what the software is about. This helps newcomers to get into the loop. Regards, Thomas Koch

Re: Breaking D2 language/spec changes with D1 being discontinued in a month

2012-11-29 Thread Thomas Koch
cherry-pick non-breaking changes from master. Cherry- Picking in Git means to just apply one commit from a given branch to another one instead of merging the complete branch. Thomas Koch

code review and continuous integration (gerrit+jenkins)

2012-11-28 Thread Thomas Koch
a continuous integration server (jenkins, buildbot, ...). Sorry if you all knew this before. I'm working on packaging gerrit for Debian. Regards, Thomas Koch

Re: split dmd frontend into separate project

2012-11-20 Thread Thomas Koch
Jacob Carlborg wrote: On 2012-11-19 15:46, Iain Buclaw wrote: Yes it would make sense - no it can't be done because gdc/ldc makes changes to their own copies of dfe. The solution would be to fix dfe so that multiple backends can use it. But that it not currently the case. Wouldn't

split dmd frontend into separate project

2012-11-18 Thread Thomas Koch
/ldc.html Regards, Thomas Koch

Re: Binary compatibility on Linux

2012-11-16 Thread Thomas Koch
=diffrev1=58rev2=59 I'd invite you to continue this discussion on debian-de...@lists.debian.org (no subscription required). The UpstreamGuide is an important document for the public relations of Debian, so I'd like to get it right. Regards, Thomas Koch

Re: Binary compatibility on Linux

2012-11-15 Thread Thomas Koch
, Thomas Koch

Re: [RFC] A huge problem with Github diff

2012-11-14 Thread Thomas Koch
before 2013. You can of course install Gerrit with upstreams .war file. Regards, Thomas Koch

Re: Binary compatibility on Linux

2012-11-14 Thread Thomas Koch
about your software. The same thing for Fedora. [2] wiki.debian.org/UpstreamGuide Regards, Thomas Koch

D wiki

2012-11-13 Thread Thomas Koch
a decision on this issue and probably somebody to turn on the github wiki. Multumesc, Thomas Koch

Re: D wiki

2012-11-13 Thread Thomas Koch
specialized and good content. Regards, Thomas Koch

Re: New language name proposal

2012-11-12 Thread Thomas Koch
$quh$1...@digitalmars.com Best regards, Thomas Koch

Re: Binary compatibility on Linux

2012-11-11 Thread Thomas Koch
in Debian. Have a look at http://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamGuide Regards, Thomas Koch

Re: Binary compatibility on Linux

2012-11-11 Thread Thomas Koch
Jacob Carlborg wrote: On 2012-11-11 10:30, Thomas Koch wrote: The best way is to get your software in the official debian archive. There are infrastructure and established workflows to recompile packages for each Debian version. The backports archive contains newer versions of a package

Mediawiki vs. Gollum vs ...

2012-11-07 Thread Thomas Koch
provide sufficient protection against spam. Best regards, Thomas Koch

Please enable wiki and issues at github

2012-11-06 Thread Thomas Koch
to a github project. http://packages.qa.debian.org/g/github-backup.html Afterwards I'd kindly ask the current wiki4d[5] maintainer Helmut Leitner to add a static notice to all wiki4d pages pointing to the new wiki. [5] http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d Do you agree? Regards, Thomas Koch

Re: The D wiki engine must be replaced

2012-10-31 Thread Thomas Koch
github solution over the current state. It's still possible at any time to setup an own instance of Gollum and host the wiki somewhere else. [1] https://github.com/github/gollum Best regards, Thomas Koch

Re: The D wiki engine must be replaced

2012-10-31 Thread Thomas Koch
Nick Sabalausky wrote: I don't really understand what's wrong with the current system - unfamiliar syntax like no other wiki engine I've ever seen - no way to have site names without a camelCase - no history other then precedent version - no watched pages - ... surely much more if you try to

The D wiki engine must be replaced

2012-10-28 Thread Thomas Koch
based on Git to allow offline editing, like Ikiwiki. I don't know the history of the wiki, but it might be adequate to thank Helmut Leitner for his work and efforts. Best regards, Thomas Koch

Invite Distributions to the D-Conf!

2012-10-24 Thread Thomas Koch
-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org with an initial CC to debian-de...@lists.debian.org and debian-proj...@lists.debian.org Best regards, Thomas Koch

BNF grammar for D?

2012-10-12 Thread Thomas Koch
a deterministic grammar. Often times you can download a pre- existing BNF grammar for a language. These BNF grammars can be converted to Wisent grammar format fairly easily. Is there anything that could be easily translated? Regards, Thomas Koch

Re: Emacs D Mode

2012-10-11 Thread Thomas Koch
to build upstream releases. But a release does not need to be anything more then just a Git tag with an increasing number. (I also very much like gpg signed Git tags but that's another story...) Best regards, Thomas Koch

Which build tool to package for Debian?

2012-10-11 Thread Thomas Koch
in this thread: http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?DevelopmentWithD/Tools/Build http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?ToolSIG It'd be espacially interesting to see, which tools are still active and which are not worth to have a look at. Thank you very much, Thomas Koch

Roadmap for Emacs D Mode?

2012-10-11 Thread Thomas Koch
- run unittests from emacs Some of them might be dreams... Best regards, Thomas Koch

Re: The sorry state of the D stack?

2012-10-07 Thread Thomas Koch
denizzzka wrote: https://github.com/denizzzka/dpq2 Thank you very much. I think I haven't seen this project. Would you like to add it to this wiki page? http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?DatabaseBindings#PostgreSQL Best regards, Thomas Koch

The sorry state of the D stack?

2012-10-06 Thread Thomas Koch
Scala, maintains a Typesafe Stack of active, recommendable projects. Please don't be offended by this message. I just wanted to provide feedback and will keep trying to get into D. Thank you very much for this wonderful language! Best regards, Thomas Koch

Debian packages for D libraries

2012-10-03 Thread Thomas Koch
alternative to having D libraries in official Debian. I wouldn't like to add the gpg key of a random site to my apt keyring. I'm a Debian Maintainer, still unexperienced with C/C++/D library stuff but maybe I could help a bit. Best regards, Thomas Koch

Re: read single characters from stdin

2012-09-28 Thread Thomas Koch
nazriel wrote: http://dpaste.dzfl.pl/eb1387cc Thank you. Your solution does not seem to work with multibyte characters, so I extended it: import core.sys.posix.termios; import core.stdc.stdio; char getch() { int ch; termios oldt; termios newt; tcgetattr(0,

Re: read single characters from stdin

2012-09-28 Thread Thomas Koch
Ali Çehreli wrote: Considering that stdin is a char stream and that there is no concept of a keyboard or a monitor in D (nor in C and nor in C++), I stand by my solution from that thread: :) Thank you, especially for the link, but your proposal still requires to press enter. Regards, Thomas

read single characters from stdin

2012-09-26 Thread Thomas Koch
://forum.dlang.org/thread/jl79f7$2083$1...@digitalmars.com But I can't beliebe that there isn't a simple solution in D for this problem... Regards, Thomas Koch

educational graphics library for D

2012-09-23 Thread Thomas Koch
Hi, I'm evaluating D as a language for my computer science classses. Can you recommend a graphics library which can be used for simple graphic programming like logo, turtle or processing.org? Regards, Thomas Koch

Packaging D libraries, cross compiler compatibility

2012-09-16 Thread Thomas Koch
compiler created a library that you want to link against? Could you point me to more information about this issue? I'm just starting to learn D and also don't have practical experience with C. Regards, Thomas Koch