On 5/28/13 3:44 PM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
On 5/28/13, Walter Bright <[email protected]> wrote:
While I'm happy to get the error reports, I am unhappy that the beta has
been
out for 2 weeks and I get pasted for things not being "done" when nobody
tries
it out until the release.
I'm trying it out, but not through the .zip files, I use git instead.
Maybe if you started versioning the zip files I'd be more inclined to
use them (this is something that was mentioned in dconf but you seemed
to have ignored the tip).
And I'm unhappy that I'm forced to mention about the broken
documentation for every single release, this whole process should have
been automated years ago.
But let's bury the hatchets. I think Nick mentioned it would be a good
idea to have a D script of some sorts that would build the .zip
release. If we had that, I suppose we could also have a test-case for
the script itself to make sure we always have fresh documentation and
the newest builds of all tools (e.g. the RDMD.exe in the zip file is
time-stamped for 2 weeks ago).
If we had this whole release procedure open then we could start fixing
bugs such as distributing newer import libraries
(http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6625), and separating
.zip files so Windows/Posix files are not mixed in the same archive.
Ignore what may or may not exist outside the current make files. Just
start with what exists in them. Soon after there are workable targets
to the existing makefiles, I'll get the auto-tester to execute them and
upload the results to s3 and make them public.
I really don't think the zip/tarball creation steps should be a separate
script. A while back I started putting together a proof of concept /
strawman version of what I was thinking. They're likely somewhat
bitrotten, but look at my account on github in the dmd, druntime, and
phobos repos. There's an 'install' branch for each of them with a
commit or two to each.
I stopped when I git the documentation as the build systems for them are
absurdly complex and convoluted. Additionally, the tools stuff needs
work, though its been ages since I last looked at them.
- Brad
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