On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:19:29 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > Jesse Phillips wrote: >> On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:27:50 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: >> >>> Walter Bright wrote: >>>> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/93jh5/ >> ask_proggit_the_d_programming_language_looks/ >>> I noticed some people complain about installation difficulties, is >>> there progress on the community project for writing installer for the >>> three major OSs? >>> >>> Andrei >> >> I'm intending a rework of: >> >> http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?D__Tutorial/InstallingDCompiler >> >> but haven't got around to it and can only cover Linux and Windows. >> >> The end result will be at: >> >> http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?D__Tutorial/StartingWithD/ Compiler/ >> DMD > > Thanks, we need more of that stuff. I think this is a common experience > (pasted from the reddit discussion): > > ========== > i couldn't manage to get the command line toolchain up and running in > linux either. yes, part of it was me being lazy, but there really is no > good documentation saying "this is where your D installation needs to > go, these are the environment variables you need, this is how to write a > makefile or equivalent, this is the filesystem layout the build tool > expects, this is how to use a c library, etc". ========== > > A while ago Walter put a good amount of work into accelerating code > generation by avoiding writing object files to disk. He mentioned that > that's a nice feature that old and new users will notice. I agree with > that, but I also think installation has a huge importance. Having > streamlined code generation but a crappy installer is like showing up at > a first date pocketing a condom, but wearing an MSDN conference T-shirt. > > > Andrei
Oh, I know, I posted this response: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/93jh5/ ask_proggit_the_d_programming_language_looks/c0bbbs5 As for the needing more of it, we actually have too much. http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?EvaluationGuide http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?HowToGentoo http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?HowToUbuntu The trend seems to be, make your own, reference the old, and have everything outdated and complicated. There is a lot of good information, but it has to be presented properly with a concentrated effort (Kind of like the community being stretched across D1/Tango/D2).
