Windows DMD installer

[Vladimir Panteleev]

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:24:59 +0300, Daniel Keep  
<daniel.keep.lists at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.  *sigh*

I've thought a bit about this and I agree. There isn't really much  
complicated stuff going on during the installation of a Windows  
application - copy files, create uninstaller, add entry to the Add/Remove  
Programs list... Using a generic install system is very likely to get in  
our way as soon as we get past the "download and unpack DMD" phase,  
because our goal isn't exactly typical, and we need to take varying  
approaches to maintain different packages. Installer creators will get us  
a user interface consistent with other installers and that registry  
setting, but customizing the install process will require using plugin  
DLLs or helper programs (or using severely limited scripting languages),  
which could get really messy really fast.

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  Vladimir                          mailto:thecybershadow at gmail.com