On Saturday, 17 June 2017 at 13:23:06 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
On Saturday, 17 June 2017 at 06:06:53 UTC, Mike B Johnson wrote:
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This isn't as severe as you make it sound. If the latest
version of VS doesn't work, the one before will. It's easy to
prevent such issues in the future. Since we never know if a new
version of VS will break things, this can be solved by one
person who can monitor the beta releases of VS and submit PRs
to the appropriate repositories if the paths change, or (as
happened with VS 2015) the C runtime library changes, or some
other breakage arises. Then DMD can get support for the new
version before it's released. Could that person be you?
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What I've done in the past is to keep the latest DMD on the
system path, then set up Command Prompt shortcuts initialized
with a different batch file to set override it with paths to
different compilers/versions. If DVM could get support for LDC
and GDC, then you'd have everything in one convenient app.
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Backup the sc.ini file.
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Like what?
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So, what are you proposing here? Educate us. What are we
supposed to take into account? I use my computer also for
graphics, music, programming, document editing, all sorts of
stuff. The only breakage I've ever had has usually been related
to anti-virus software, though in the past there was an
occasional issue with things like SecuRom. What exactly should
the D community to in order to alleviate these major breakages
you have on your system?
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I would like to reiterate here what I mentioned earlier in this
thread -- people in the D community are currently fixing flaws
all the time. That we aren't fixing the flaws that particularly
peeve you does not mean nothing is being done. I would also
like to reiterate that if something is important enough to you,
then you could do something about it besides coming to the
forums and calling the rest of us ignorant. Write a DIP. File
issues on Bugzilla. Submit pull requests. Take on
responsibility for ensuring Visual Studio compatibility. Or do
nothing, but please don't act as if we're all just sitting here
twiddling our thumbs.
You realize your mentality is like a dead rat? It just stinks.
Your solutions are not solutions. They are patches. I wouldn't
hire you to fix my plumbing because in a few months I'll have to
fix it again. You are ok with that, because you get paid either
way. Keep kicking the can down the road... It may get you a bit
of exercise but in the long run you are just wasting everyone's
time. I also suggest you get out of the 1970's. Software and
computers have come a long way. We shouldn't have to resort to
the same mind set 40+ years ago. I shouldn't have to backup
sc.ini, just because you think it is the way doesn't mean it is.
That mindset for sc.ini pervades all your so called solutions.
There are better ways, too bad you don't care or are too ignorant
to see them.
