link.exe is not here

[Chris R. Miller]

Benji Smith wrote:
> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 10:39 PM, Walter Bright
>> <newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
>>> Brad Roberts wrote:
>>>> It's probably past time to consider the packaging of those tools within
>>>> dmd.zip rather than requiring a separate download.  I'd be happy enough
>>>> with requiring DMC to re-build phobos on windows (though even that is
>>>> dubious as msvc should be a valid choice), but it shouldn't be required
>>>> to build pure D apps.
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts?
>>> I figured it cut down on the download size.
>>>
>>
>> It's 4MB.  It's not exactly massive.
> 
> Have you ever considered using BitTorrent as an alternate distribution
> method? Then you'd offload some of the bandwidth expense to the members
> of the community rather than absorbing it all yourself.
> 
> I certainly wouldn't recommend getting rid of the direct-download
> entirely, but if the file were available as a torrent, I for one would
> certainly use it instead of the direct download.

I'd probably go nuts and start setting up an old unused machine to seed
the torrents 24/7.  Until my dad finds out ("Why are you wasting all
this power?!!") and then I'd have to just be content with my workstation
seeding when it's on (when I'm awake, basically).

That's a great idea, yes, but you'll be hard-pressed to find a
datacenter that allows BT.  None of the hosting providers I've seen
allow it.

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