Package for various linux distributions.

[XapaJIaMnu]

We need to provide build files for various distributions. Gentoo ebuild @kpu Ubuntu 16.04/18.04/20.04 Archlinux PKGBUILD @XapaJIaMnu Fedora?

[XapaJIaMnu]

Status: ArchLinux is taken care of, and so are debian based distributions, as long as we have a machine to download, compile and run cpack.

[XapaJIaMnu]

@kpu ebuild ping.

[bruceleerabbit]

Ubuntu should be replaced with Debian for many reasons:

• Ubuntu inherits Debian packages automatically, so when a package is in official Debian repositories it becomes usable by all Debian users in addition to all the Debian-based distros.
• Ubuntu packages are usually exclusive to Ubuntu because Ubuntu uses a variety of package managers, some of which are alien to the Debian community or require stepping outside of the free world to run non-free software (PPAs are particularly problematic).
• Debian has higher quality standards than Ubuntu, so when a package gets approved for official Debian inclusion, it becomes more widely regarded as a respected & trustworthy package. Packages that don’t make the cut for Debian are rightly seen by many as packages that can’t be taken seriously. People wonder why is a package is excluded from the most mainstream distro and regard it as something out in the wild and not yet mature.
• Translate Locally has EU funding. So it should be more inclusive and it should be on distros more mainstream Ubuntu.

[kpu]

We currently have an MKL dependency but are working to remove the requirement. I don't think we'll qualify for Debian until then. But work is in progress.

[boroli]

Intel MKL is only available for amd64 architectures, what are you doing on arm64 or risc-v?

[XapaJIaMnu]

We have a working arm build. It uses ruy /apple accelerate. I don't have access to risk-v hardware, but it won't work.

We have a lot of Handwritten x86 instrinsics which we translate to arm at compile time via sse2neon but afaik there's no such thing for risc-v.