Re: Two Questions [OT]
The problem I've had with MacPorts is that a bunch of ports are just broken (meld, for instance). I've had a lot more success getting apps I pick to actually run when obtained via Homebrew. As for OS... I used to target Solaris. Linux isn't perfect, but at least it isn't that pile of junk.
Re: Two Questions [OT]
On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 07:55 -0600, 1100110 wrote: > On 2/5/14, 6:55, Gary Willoughby wrote: […] > > Yes use brew *not* macports. The reason is brew is more well behaved > > where it installs libs and doesn't need root permissions. > > Oh good, I came very close to installing macports yesterday. Thanks! I started using MacPorts long before Brew existed. MacPorts has improved massively over the last couple of years. If I was starting from scratch I would probably install Brew, but now I'm a MacPort user I'll probably stick. Brew refuses to install on a MacPort using machine, and there seems no way of telling Brew to install it's version of everything there was in a MacPort installation. AFAIK anyway. For packagers I would say targetting an installer, MacPorts and Brew for OSX is like doing a tarball, deb and rpm for Linux. -- Russel. = Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net 41 Buckmaster Roadm: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: rus...@winder.org.uk London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
Re: Two Questions [OT]
On 2/5/14, 6:55, Gary Willoughby wrote: On Wednesday, 5 February 2014 at 12:33:25 UTC, 1100110 wrote: On 2/4/14, 11:27, Gary Willoughby wrote: On Tuesday, 4 February 2014 at 16:18:24 UTC, Steve Teale wrote: Popped into my head today. What proportion of the D community develops on Linux of some sort, and what proportion works with a 64 bit OS? I primarily use Ubuntu (Linux) 12.04 64bit. I'll update to 14.04 when that comes out as i only install the LTS (long term support) versions. And why? Because it the easiest platform to install and get my hands on development tools. sudo apt-get install for the win! I use MacOS 10.8.5 64bit at work and have done lots of D development there too. The big downside is lack of a package manager for getting my hands on GCC/GDB/libs etc.. Homebrew[1] helps but is no match for apt. [1]: http://brew.sh/ Quick question, Just got a Mac, currently setting it up. You'd recommend Brew over the alternatives? Sorry, rather new to developing with this OS... Yes use brew *not* macports. The reason is brew is more well behaved where it installs libs and doesn't need root permissions. Oh good, I came very close to installing macports yesterday. Thanks!
Re: Two Questions [OT]
On 2/5/14, 6:41, evilrat wrote: On Wednesday, 5 February 2014 at 12:33:25 UTC, 1100110 wrote: On 2/4/14, 11:27, Gary Willoughby wrote: On Tuesday, 4 February 2014 at 16:18:24 UTC, Steve Teale wrote: Popped into my head today. What proportion of the D community develops on Linux of some sort, and what proportion works with a 64 bit OS? I primarily use Ubuntu (Linux) 12.04 64bit. I'll update to 14.04 when that comes out as i only install the LTS (long term support) versions. And why? Because it the easiest platform to install and get my hands on development tools. sudo apt-get install for the win! I use MacOS 10.8.5 64bit at work and have done lots of D development there too. The big downside is lack of a package manager for getting my hands on GCC/GDB/libs etc.. Homebrew[1] helps but is no match for apt. [1]: http://brew.sh/ Quick question, Just got a Mac, currently setting it up. You'd recommend Brew over the alternatives? Sorry, rather new to developing with this OS... the sad truth is that there is no convenient way of doing D on OS X, but recent changes in Mono-D have brough some ease to it actually. still forget about any debug because there is NO DEBUG INFO generated with both DMD & LDC (not tested GDC yet). as for GDB and other GNU stuff, yes brew is simple enough to get it done. Ok, thanks!
Re: Two Questions [OT]
On Wednesday, 5 February 2014 at 12:33:25 UTC, 1100110 wrote: On 2/4/14, 11:27, Gary Willoughby wrote: On Tuesday, 4 February 2014 at 16:18:24 UTC, Steve Teale wrote: Popped into my head today. What proportion of the D community develops on Linux of some sort, and what proportion works with a 64 bit OS? I primarily use Ubuntu (Linux) 12.04 64bit. I'll update to 14.04 when that comes out as i only install the LTS (long term support) versions. And why? Because it the easiest platform to install and get my hands on development tools. sudo apt-get install for the win! I use MacOS 10.8.5 64bit at work and have done lots of D development there too. The big downside is lack of a package manager for getting my hands on GCC/GDB/libs etc.. Homebrew[1] helps but is no match for apt. [1]: http://brew.sh/ Quick question, Just got a Mac, currently setting it up. You'd recommend Brew over the alternatives? Sorry, rather new to developing with this OS... Yes use brew *not* macports. The reason is brew is more well behaved where it installs libs and doesn't need root permissions.
Re: Two Questions [OT]
On Wednesday, 5 February 2014 at 12:33:25 UTC, 1100110 wrote: On 2/4/14, 11:27, Gary Willoughby wrote: On Tuesday, 4 February 2014 at 16:18:24 UTC, Steve Teale wrote: Popped into my head today. What proportion of the D community develops on Linux of some sort, and what proportion works with a 64 bit OS? I primarily use Ubuntu (Linux) 12.04 64bit. I'll update to 14.04 when that comes out as i only install the LTS (long term support) versions. And why? Because it the easiest platform to install and get my hands on development tools. sudo apt-get install for the win! I use MacOS 10.8.5 64bit at work and have done lots of D development there too. The big downside is lack of a package manager for getting my hands on GCC/GDB/libs etc.. Homebrew[1] helps but is no match for apt. [1]: http://brew.sh/ Quick question, Just got a Mac, currently setting it up. You'd recommend Brew over the alternatives? Sorry, rather new to developing with this OS... the sad truth is that there is no convenient way of doing D on OS X, but recent changes in Mono-D have brough some ease to it actually. still forget about any debug because there is NO DEBUG INFO generated with both DMD & LDC (not tested GDC yet). as for GDB and other GNU stuff, yes brew is simple enough to get it done.
Re: Two Questions [OT]
On 2/4/14, 11:27, Gary Willoughby wrote: On Tuesday, 4 February 2014 at 16:18:24 UTC, Steve Teale wrote: Popped into my head today. What proportion of the D community develops on Linux of some sort, and what proportion works with a 64 bit OS? I primarily use Ubuntu (Linux) 12.04 64bit. I'll update to 14.04 when that comes out as i only install the LTS (long term support) versions. And why? Because it the easiest platform to install and get my hands on development tools. sudo apt-get install for the win! I use MacOS 10.8.5 64bit at work and have done lots of D development there too. The big downside is lack of a package manager for getting my hands on GCC/GDB/libs etc.. Homebrew[1] helps but is no match for apt. [1]: http://brew.sh/ Quick question, Just got a Mac, currently setting it up. You'd recommend Brew over the alternatives? Sorry, rather new to developing with this OS...
