BCS wrote: > Hello Daniel, > >> I actually started sketching out a possible installer a few weeks ago. >> Here's what I came up with: >> >> First of all, you can't include DMD itself in the installer since the >> license doesn't allow for this. > > with Walter's blessing you can. Tango goes this way.
But technically, the people who download it then can't redistribute it. I just think it's simpler to have the installer download the zip file itself and avoid the problem in its entirety. (Incidentally, I actually already have permission from Walter to redistribute DMD; a professor at uni wanted to take a peek so I put together an installer.) >> As for using an installer "tool", I don't think that's really >> applicable for something like this. I say write it in D because >> otherwise we'll have people saying that D sucks because we don't use >> it. > > Um, I've got to say I think you are wrong on this. Installer tools will > cut the effort to produce this by like 90%. I'd rather see that time > spent on just about anything rather than using D just so we can say we do. I've never met one that could do the sorts of tasks I'm proposing. If such a tool does exist, then fantastic; let's use that.