Could we use something better than zip for the dmd package?

[Sean Kelly]

I'd like to see a separate package per platform plus a source release. DMD doesn't even run out of the box on all flavors of Linux, and we can't expect people to pull the git repo. 

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 22, 2011, at 8:44 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

> On 12/22/11 12:53 AM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> "Walter Bright"<newshound2 at digitalmars.com>  wrote in message
>> news:jcsbja$1pu7$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>> On 12/21/2011 1:31 AM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
>>>> I thought the installers were for newbies. 7z is supported by 7zip,
>>>> winrar, and even winzip.
>>>> 
>>>> I really don't see how someone can be smart enough to use a systems
>>>> programming language but not have a clue how to download an archiver.
>>>> Even average people hate the default zip functionality of Windows and
>>>> they install 7zip/winrar/etc.
>>> 
>>> Because it's annoying.
>>> 
>>> The idea should be to have as few steps as possible to install. Searching
>>> the intarnets for a 7z decoder, wondering if the one you're downloading is
>>> a virus, etc., is annoying.
>> 
>> If you're a programmer, or even just a power user, you have absolutely no
>> excuse not to *already* have a 7z-capable program installed.
> 
> I didn't have 7z on my Mac until yesterday when I experimented with it.
> 
> Let's focus on reducing the size of the zip by only including what's used and by using faster servers.
> 
> 
> Andrei
> 
>