Automatic aliases for ldc2 snap

[joseph.wakeling]

In line with points raised here:

Process for aliases, auto-connections and tracks

Definitions Reviewers are in the @reviewers forum group Architects are those responsible for the design of snapd. Votes are in favor (+1), against (-1), abstain (+0) Voting period is one week Voting period extension is 3 days Process Requester creates a forum post in the store-requests category and makes case for change. To disambiguate snaps, the requester should either give the store URL for the snap or give the name and publisher of the snap. Voting period starts at time of request. Reques…

• the ldc2 snap is the official snap package of the LDC compiler; the compiler project is hosted at GitHub - ldc-developers/ldc: The LLVM-based D Compiler. while the snap package is hosted at GitHub - ldc-developers/ldc2.snap: Snap package definition for LDC, the LLVM-based D compiler. See also discussion on the snapcraft mailing list and LDC forums around the time the package was set up: Classic confinement success for LDC D compiler and https://forum.dlang.org/thread/fpngfcpwsmapwtkuyiec@forum.dlang.org

• the 3 aliases requested are for apps that come as standard as part of the LDC compiler package (for example, the deb package in regular Ubuntu repositories includes ldmd2)

• many tools in the D world will assume that the commands have these names (particularly the ldmd2 command, which provides an alternative CLI for the compiler), so it’s inconvenient to force users to use ldc2.ldmd2.

Let me know if any more info is required/would be useful.