Start of dmd 2.064 beta program

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 10/18/13 7:08 AM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> On 10/18/13, eles <eles at eles.com> wrote:
>> IIRC, Walter wanted that file to always be named dmd.zip or
>> dmd2.zip or whatever, in order to allow a permanent download
>> link, while guaranteeing the file to be the latest version of the
>> tool.
>
> This is the wrong approach. There should be a "latest_beta" file which
> holds the name of the latest beta zip.

Correct, the latest beta is a link to the actual numbered file.

> Speaking of which, insisting on using .zip files is another beef I
> have with Walter. The whole "everyone on Windows is stuck in the 90s"
> mentality is plain wrong, especially for programmers. 7zip (or Peazip
> or whatever) should be part of every modern programmer's toolbox.

I don't think that makes a large difference. Probably the better thing 
to do is trimming the contents of the archive.

I'll come back with a reply to the longer message.


Andrei