Re: Debianizing -- increasing ASM's reach into Linux
- From: "rhyde@xxxxxxxxxx" <rhyde@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 30 May 2007 06:54:57 -0700
On May 29, 8:50 pm, Evenbit <nbaker2...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Due to a question on the HLA group about getting HLA packaged for
Ubuntu, I did some digging around for other assembly-related software
associated with Distros. NASM has long been an integrated part (or
available as an extra download) of almost every Distro out there.
However, in nearly every one of them it is a very old version
(0.98.38). Also, looking at the standard FOSS registries/
repositories, there exist some out-of-date material.
This is one of the reasons I've never really pursued this avenue in
the past. HLA changes versions far too frequently for this to be
practical. Someday, long after HLA v2.x settles down, it might be
possible to restrict releases to one or two a year. Until then,
however, the Linux distributors would be a little annoyed with the
maintenance of a product that tends to have updates (on the average)
of more than once per month.
As for NASM, it has been relatively stable over the past five years,
with most of the new activity on its development being fairly recent.
That's a perfect candidate for shipping with a distro.
Finally, don't forget that in the *NIX world, Gas reigns champ (it's
like MASM in the Windows world). That's not to say that distributors
won't package in some other assembler, it's just that as far as
they're concerned, "we have an assembler" so they don't really feel
they need another. Given assembly language's popularity in the *NIX
world, I suspect that pushing a wide range of assemblers on the
distributors won't be especially well-received.
hLater,
Randy Hyde
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