Dub as tool chain installer
On Friday, 18 June 2021 at 06:14:03 UTC, Martin Nowak wrote: Maybe we could recruit someone to replace the dated NSIS installer with a native msi installer. https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15375 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_installation_software#Windows Don't have much of a clue about Windows nowadays, maybe there are more suitable alternatives. What would be the most suitable alternative in my eyes is for dub, based on [tool chain requirements](https://dub.pm/package-format-json.html#toolchain-requirements) specified in `dub.json`, to install and select compilers. Cross platform and cross vendor. I know there are compiler version managers, but I think since dub can check versions of packages and install packages, and can check compiler versions, it is only natural that it should also be able to install compilers. Above all, it would be just so convenient. This way a compiler upgrade becomes part of your commit history. You can test (beta) compiler releases in a separate branch, resolve deprecations comfortably, have your CI run all tests, all without interfering with main development. You push the change and all team members upgrade their compilers automatically without even noticing it, and certainly without surprises. And any number of years in the future, when you pick up an old project that has been dormant, it still compiles flawlessly because dub downgrades the compiler automatically. Come to think of it, maybe there should be an additional package category that provides build tools that can be run by dub without `dub run`, such as `dfmt`, `dpp`, `pegged`, and compilers and linters. — Bastiaan.
Re: D News Roundup on the Blog: SAoC, DConf Online, Compiler Releases
On Friday, 18 June 2021 at 13:06:28 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: I've posted a collective announcement of recent big happenings in D Land with all the relevant links. The SAoC 2021 and DConf Online 2021 pages are live with the information you need to submit proposals. Looking forward to see what comes around! The blog: https://dlang.org/blog/2021/06/18/d-news-roundup-saoc-2021-dconf-online-2021-new-compiler-releases/ A lot of content on D blog lately. Good job.
D News Roundup on the Blog: SAoC, DConf Online, Compiler Releases
I've posted a collective announcement of recent big happenings in D Land with all the relevant links. The SAoC 2021 and DConf Online 2021 pages are live with the information you need to submit proposals. Looking forward to see what comes around! The blog: https://dlang.org/blog/2021/06/18/d-news-roundup-saoc-2021-dconf-online-2021-new-compiler-releases/ /r/programming: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/o2ogsl/dlang_20970_dconf_online_2021_announced/ /r/d_language: https://www.reddit.com/r/d_language/comments/o2omsl/d_news_roundup_saoc_2021_dconf_online_2021_new/ SAoC 2021 info: https://dlang.org/blog/symmetry-autumn-of-code/ DConf Online 2021 https://dlang.github.io/dconf.org/2021/online/index.html Note that I'm currently waiting for dconf.org to be redirected to our GitHub pages URL.
Re: Announcing audio-formats v1.0.0
On Tuesday, 7 April 2020 at 13:02:03 UTC, Guillaume Piolat wrote: On Wednesday, 18 March 2020 at 18:41:11 UTC, Guillaume Piolat wrote: # Features - decode #WAV / #FLAC / #MP3 (LGPL in that case) Update in v1.1.0: - MP3 decoding is now Boost-compatible (with a new minimp3 translation) - OPUS decoding added (LGPL in that case) - OGG not working yet but will probably happen Update in v1.3.0: - MOD decoding - XM decoding
Re: Release D 2.097.0
On Monday, 7 June 2021 at 08:51:52 UTC, Bastiaan Veelo wrote: I am having issues as well, but I don't think the installer is at fault: I see the `C:\D\dmd2` directory get filled as the installer progresses, then files just disappear. It doesn't seem to be consistent though. After failure I tried with `dmd-2.096.1.exe` and the same thing happened, whereas it had installed fine before. I tried `dmd-2.097.0.exe` and this time the whole directory got wiped. I tried again and it installed fine. Windows 10 Pro N version 20H2 build 19042.985. I suspect MS cloud security scan. -- Bastiaan. Maybe we could recruit someone to replace the dated NSIS installer with a native msi installer. https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15375 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_installation_software#Windows Don't have much of a clue about Windows nowadays, maybe there are more suitable alternatives.
