This would be awesome! sudo apt-get install libuv libuv-dev would make it much more easier for people to develop against libuv!
Especially since we have a stable 1.* API, a 2.* release would be just libuv-2 and libuv2-dev On Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 4:01:36 PM UTC+2, Alexander Köplinger wrote: > > > What are the use-cases for a libuv repo though? How many people are > going to actually have use for that? > > Basically everybody who develops applications that dynamically link to > libuv (e.g. by using some of the bindings listed on > https://github.com/libuv/libuv/wiki/Projects-that-use-libuv). > Getting a recent 1.0 release of libuv on Debian/Ubuntu means building from > source as there's no package available (the distro repos ship 0.10). > > Having an official libuv repo that I can add for getting the latest libuv > releases would be highly appreciated. > > -- Alex > > > Am Mittwoch, 8. April 2015 15:07:05 UTC+2 schrieb Saúl Ibarra Corretgé: > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: "Rod Vagg" <[email protected]> >> Date: Apr 8, 2015 12:43 >> Subject: Re: [libuv] Debian packages for libuv >> To: "Saúl Ibarra Corretgé" <[email protected]> >> Cc: <[email protected]> >> >> >> Possible, probably wouldn't be hard to add it to what we already do. >> We're currently having to restructure the way we manage our Node deb and >> rpm repos since we've added a bunch of complexity with Node 0.12 and io.js >> but this means adding on some additional people to be involved in >> maintaining them. >> >> What are the use-cases for a libuv repo though? How many people are going >> to actually have use for that? >> >> >> >> ``` >> >> *Rod Vagg* >> NodeSource >> @rvagg >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 8:38 PM, Saúl Ibarra Corretgé <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On 04/08/2015 12:18 PM, Alexander Köplinger wrote: >>> > Hi! >>> > >>> > I'm interested in Debian packages of libuv releases. Saghul told me >>> last >>> > night on IRC that there are no current plans for making those and I >>> > should ask on the mailing list for some comments :) >>> > >>> > My primary interest is in having easy access to the latest libuv >>> > releases so I can use it in applications/libraries that build on top >>> of it. >>> > >>> >>> Not sure if Rodd is on this list so I CC'd him. Rodd (or anybody else >>> really), would NodeSource be willing/able to host these packages, >>> assuming someone provided the debian packaging boilerplate/template? >>> >>> We could go with v1.x only, since it's a lot easier to package, due to >>> the use of autoconf. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> -- >>> Saúl Ibarra Corretgé >>> bettercallsaghul.com >>> >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "libuv" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/libuv. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
