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reply Per =?UTF-8?B?Tm9yZGzDtnc=?= <per.nordlow gmail.com> writes:
At

https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/GDC/commits/master

there's the heading

"This repository has been archived by the owner. It is now 
read-only."

Where will the development of GDC continue?
Mar 21 2019
next sibling parent reply Johannes Pfau <nospam example.com> writes:
On Thursday, 21 March 2019 at 08:19:56 UTC, Per Nordlöw wrote:

 At

 https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/GDC/commits/master

 there's the heading

 "This repository has been archived by the owner. It is now 
 read-only."

 Where will the development of GDC continue?


We use https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/gcc for CI, but 
commits will go to the GCC SVN first, so GCC SVN or snapshot 
tarballs is the recommended way to get the latest GDC.

There is one exception: When GCC development is in feature 
freeze, we might provide newer DMD frontends in a gdc-next branch 
at https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/gcc . However, so far we 
have not set up this branch, this will probably happen in the 
next two weeks. Maybe I'll also provide DDMD-FE backports for 
GCC9 in that repo, but I'm not sure yet. The latest DDMD-FE is 
somewhere in the archived repos, but it hasn't been updated for 
some time.
Mar 21 2019
parent reply James Blachly <james.blachly gmail.com> writes:
On 3/21/19 6:01 AM, Johannes Pfau wrote:

 On Thursday, 21 March 2019 at 08:19:56 UTC, Per Nordlöw wrote:

 At

 https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/GDC/commits/master

 there's the heading

 "This repository has been archived by the owner. It is now read-only."

 Where will the development of GDC continue?


 
 We use https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/gcc for CI, but commits will 
 go to the GCC SVN first, so GCC SVN or snapshot tarballs is the 
 recommended way to get the latest GDC.
 
 There is one exception: When GCC development is in feature freeze, we 
 might provide newer DMD frontends in a gdc-next branch at 
 https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/gcc . However, so far we have not 
 set up this branch, this will probably happen in the next two weeks. 
 Maybe I'll also provide DDMD-FE backports for GCC9 in that repo, but I'm 
 not sure yet. The latest DDMD-FE is somewhere in the archived repos, but 
 it hasn't been updated for some time.


Thanks -- I also tried to figure out how to install GDC just yesterday 
and gave up. All wiki links and google top results seemed dead ends.
Mar 21 2019
next sibling parent James Blachly <james.blachly gmail.com> writes:
On 3/21/19 6:51 PM, James Blachly wrote:

 On 3/21/19 6:01 AM, Johannes Pfau wrote:

 On Thursday, 21 March 2019 at 08:19:56 UTC, Per Nordlöw wrote:

 At

 https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/GDC/commits/master

 there's the heading

 "This repository has been archived by the owner. It is now read-only."

 Where will the development of GDC continue?


 We use https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/gcc for CI, but commits 
 will go to the GCC SVN first, so GCC SVN or snapshot tarballs is the 
 recommended way to get the latest GDC.

 There is one exception: When GCC development is in feature freeze, we 
 might provide newer DMD frontends in a gdc-next branch at 
 https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/gcc . However, so far we have not 
 set up this branch, this will probably happen in the next two weeks. 
 Maybe I'll also provide DDMD-FE backports for GCC9 in that repo, but 
 I'm not sure yet. The latest DDMD-FE is somewhere in the archived 
 repos, but it hasn't been updated for some time.


 
 Thanks -- I also tried to figure out how to install GDC just yesterday 
 and gave up. All wiki links and google top results seemed dead ends.
 


A little bit of further information: the downloads listed on

https://gdcproject.org/downloads

are 2016 versions.
Mar 21 2019
prev sibling parent Mike Franklin <slavo5150 yahoo.com> writes:
On Thursday, 21 March 2019 at 22:51:21 UTC, James Blachly wrote:


 Thanks -- I also tried to figure out how to install GDC just 
 yesterday and gave up. All wiki links and google top results 
 seemed dead ends.


I'm also a little puzzled by how GDC is structured, but I have 
learned a few things with the help of some of the GDC developers, 
and I'll share my understanding below (though be aware that my 
assumptions may be wrong).

GDC is in a weird state right now where it needs to boostrap 
itself.  The bootstrap compiler has a front-end written in C++, 
but the lastest GDC on GitHub has a front-end written in D.

My understanding is that this bootstrap compiler with the 
front-end written in C++ is what is being released with GCC 9.  
Since GCC always needs to be able to be built with a prior 
version of GCC, GCC 10 will be the first release with the latest 
D frontend.

So, to build your own GDC compiler, you need to first build the 
bootstrap compiler.  I have a script for that at 
https://github.com/JinShil/native-gdc

Then, using the bootstrap compiler, you can build the latest GDC 
with the D frontend from GitHub.  I have a script for that too, 
but it is only for building an ARM cross-compiler.  See 
https://github.com/JinShil/arm-none-eabi-gdc

Mike
Mar 21 2019
prev sibling parent JN <666total wp.pl> writes:
On Thursday, 21 March 2019 at 08:19:56 UTC, Per Nordlöw wrote:

 At

 https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/GDC/commits/master

 there's the heading

 "This repository has been archived by the owner. It is now 
 read-only."

 Where will the development of GDC continue?


I am not exactly sure, but if GDC got merged into GCC, doesn't 
that mean that any new development will be done on the GCC 
repository?
Mar 21 2019