Squeak VM+FT2Plugin, all Pharo 1.0 rc3 tests green

> 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.
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> If you want to compile with ICC, up to you to do it from scratch.
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> 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
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> So people who wants to install pharo on Linux just have to uses their package manager. Ex on Debian
> apt-get install pharo
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> or use the GUI front-end provided by their distro.
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> 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).
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> Then write (or re-use existing) scripts  to build packages for each major distro.
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> Laurent Laffont
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> 2010/3/31 John M McIntosh <[hidden email]>
> 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?
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> On 2010-03-31, at 12:05 AM, Serge Stinckwich wrote:
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> > 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 ?
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