Yes what you are doing is important!!!! Stef
On Mar 31, 2010, at 9:44 AM, laurent laffont wrote: > Good Linux packaging systems as in Debian/Ubuntu/Gentoo/Arch propose to > install pre-built binary for your architecture (faster) or build in from > source on your machine (slower, but optimized). Nevertheless, both solutions > uses the GCC supplied with your distro. > > If you want to compile with ICC, up to you to do it from scratch. > > On Linux the preferred way is to use packages. So IMHO the best solution is > to have: > - a source archive on Pharo website > - prebuilt .deb / .rpm / ... for major distros, included in official > repositories > > So people who wants to install pharo on Linux just have to uses their package > manager. Ex on Debian > apt-get install pharo > > or use the GUI front-end provided by their distro. > > The first step is to be able to build the VM in a repeatable way with GCC on > Linux (this is why I currently work on building the VM. It seems that there's > still things I don't understand, especially on performance side). > > Then write (or re-use existing) scripts to build packages for each major > distro. > > Laurent Laffont > > > 2010/3/31 John M McIntosh <john...@smalltalkconsulting.com> > So how do the Linux binary only distros work then? I'm sure I've seen the > choice, oh load the binaries, or pull and compile the source as > choices in Ubuntu? Why bother making one-click apps with Linux VM if everyone > ignores them? Or is this an 80/20 rule? > > On 2010-03-31, at 12:05 AM, Serge Stinckwich wrote: > > > A version compiled with the Intel C compiler could be available on the > > Pharo website, but linux distro will never use it. They will prefer to > > recompile from scratch with gcc. What kind of boost performance is > > expected with the Intel compiler ? > > > > -- > > Serge Stinckwich > > UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC), Hanoi, Vietnam > > Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk > > http://doesnotunderstand.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pharo-project mailing list > > Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr > > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > -- > =========================================================================== > John M. McIntosh <john...@smalltalkconsulting.com> Twitter: squeaker68882 > Corporate Smalltalk Consulting Ltd. http://www.smalltalkconsulting.com > =========================================================================== > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
