On 11/10/2015 08:12 AM, Márcio Martins wrote: > On Monday, 9 November 2015 at 23:07:57 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: >> Rust has a nice way to download at https://www.rust-lang.org/downloads.html >> for Posix: >> >> $ curl -sSf https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup.sh | sh -s -- >> >> The method is simple and transparent. An optional --channel=beta or >> --channel=nightly parameter chooses between a stable release (default), >> beta, or nightly build. >> >> Should we do something similar? >> >> >> Andrei > > I also think curl | sh is bad, but the idea to have a quick no-brain "just > works" installation is great. One good step would be providing packages for > all major distros and providing a wget | pkginstall command which effectively > does the same thing: wget DMD.deb && dpkg -i DMD.deb for Debian/Ubuntu > > For example, newbies to Ubuntu might not even know what dpkg is so they will > not know what to do with a .deb file since their world consists of apt-get > mostly. Many people also don't know what x86 or x86_AMD64 stand for so yet > another doubt in a potential downloaders mind. > > Could then combine this with OS detection through user-agent on the website > and show the user the most likely option and command-line suggestion. > > Another thing I would do is not show LDC and GDC in the front page but have a > "other options" sort of thing. People are afraid to fail and each decision is > a potential failure that will scare new people off. The idea is that people > that already use D know where to find the other compilers and more > importantly what they are, but someone that does not use D might get > intimidated by too many choices they don't have the knowledge to make > confidently. > > If in doubt, A/B test it. :)
Debian-based systems have d-apt, though it's hosted on SourceForge, which is (IMO) rather sketchy as of late. It's quite easy to create something similar for RPM-based repositories - I set one up on my local server, if I get some blessing I can post it here or work with others to get it migrated to a more official D server. (Preferably soon, I'll lose access to my wonderful upload speeds in a few months). I actually don't even install the RPM directly anymore, I update the repository on my server then just run `sudo dnf update` like I would for any other update. This doesn't handle every distro and OS, but it can help if we get things more convenient to install. -- Matt Soucy http://msoucy.me/
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