dmd 2.064 release candidate 1

[Walter Bright]

On 11/4/2013 11:46 PM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2013-11-04 21:01, Walter Bright wrote:
>
>> The libraries were not built correctly (my old machine runs out of
>> memory building them). FreeBSD users have needed to, for some time now,
>> fork/build to get it.
>
> I don't understand, the binaries and Phobos are included in the zip

They aren't, actually. The 64 bit stuff isn't, and the 32 bit phobos is old.

> (I haven't
> verified that they work). But dmd.conf is not. Can't you include dmd.conf just
> because your machine runs out of memory?
>
>> Heck, I had spent considerable time just trying to figure out *which*
>> virtual box to install. Each option came with a long list of caveats and
>> things that didn't work. Some would work with one OS, some with another,
>> the one I did download would kinda sorta work with NetBSD, but not
>> really, etc. Then, of course, was having it all wiped out by upgrading
>> Ubuntu.
>
> I'm not sure I understand what you're meaning. If I want to install Ubuntu, I
> just create a new virtual machine (using VirtualBox), download Ubuntu and makes
> a default installation. If I want Fedora, I do the same thing but I download and
> install Fedora instead.
>
> NetBSD? We don't even support NetBSD.

The reason for that is I could never get NetBSD to run (either in a virtual box 
or on a spare machine).

> For FreeBSD, just do the same thing,
> download FreeBSD. Actually, for FreeBSD I installed PC-BSD instead. That will
> include a GUI by default, making it basically just as easy to use as Ubuntu.
>
> The only thing that I had some trouble with is cross-compiling. That is,
> building 32bit on a 64bit machine.
>
>> It's not impossible to do. There's just a significant time sink involved
>> in figuring out which one to get, getting it installed, getting it
>> working, and keeping it working. It's actually easier to just buy
>> another machine.
>
> I'm not going to argue. If you have trouble picking which ISO image to download
> we can help you.
>
> What's taking the most time for me is download the ISO and wait for the
> installation. But I can do other things while waiting.

Why not volunteer to handle the FreeBSD package builds?