On Tuesday, 20 October 2020 at 17:36:11 UTC, kinke wrote:
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See https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/issues/1754. I
personally never download the DMD installers, only the .7z. I
also don't use a global PATH set up to point to a particular
LDC installation. I expect the vast majority of Windows *devs*
to prefer a simple download&unpack over some installer. Those
wanting to click through setup steps can use the VisualD
installer with bundled LDC.
I'm sympathetic to Ilya's concerns in that thread, but it would
help to get empirical. What about a calculation of the number of
unique downloads for DMD's Windows installer vs. those who
download the .7z? The .7z probably has more downloads for CIs,
but I wouldn't be surprised if there is a larger share of people
downloading the DMD installer than you think.
I also have a PATH set up to point to a particular LDC
installation that I need to update whenever I upgrade LDC. It has
caused me problems in the past when I forget to change it...
I don't recall ever using the VisualD installer to install LDC.
