.dmg installer for OSX?

Andrei Alexandrescu SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org
Mon Dec 12 06:57:07 PST 2011


On 12/12/11 7:11 AM, Michel Fortin wrote:
> On 2011-12-12 12:45:10 +0000, Heywood Floyd <soul8o8 at gmail.com> said:
>
>> On 12/11/11 22:29 , Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> That would be an OSX .dmg. Is a member of the community interested in
>>> taking up such a project?
>>
>> I must take this opportunity and proclaim that a MacPorts package
>> would be even more fantastic, to the point of giggleingly exciting even!
>
> The only downside to MacPorts is that it is not installed by default.
> Having to install MacPorts before installing dmd adds an extra barrier
> to those who don't already have MacPorts installed. A MacPorts package
> would be great indeed, but I think there should be a way to *just*
> install DMD if that's what you want.

Totally agreed. In fact I myself don't have MacPorts installed. 
Furthermore, I've had some trouble installing it and gave up. Now 
whenever I see a MacPorts-installable program I'm curious about, I just 
move on.


Andrei


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