On Thursday, 26 October 2017 at 20:44:49 UTC, Adam Wilson wrote:
The XCode installer DMG is 5GB, before unpacking. And unlike
VS17, I can't pick and choose. :)
(trying to install vs2017 build tools on Win7 sp1 .. )
vs_BuildTools.exe --layout c:\btoffline
(error: requires .NET framework 4.6 of higher!!)
(ok, download web installed for .NET 4.6...50MB or so, about 5
minutes later)
(done...and installed)
(lets try again)
start: 12:04pm
vs_BuildTools.exe --layout c:\btoffline
..Give us a minute..we'll be done soon.. (yeah right!!)
total packages to download...1897
what the f##TG$!
12:08pm
layout progres..0.19%
forget it!
I'll go use FreeBSD instead.
pkg install ldc
done..ready.to.go..start coding!
VS is the most bloated piece of crap that's ever come out of
Microsoft!
Why encourage/force D developers to use it?
You also need to update your certificates just to install the
components, and a through other hoops you have to jump through as
well....
