LDC 1.24.0-beta1

[jmh530]

On Tuesday, 20 October 2020 at 17:36:11 UTC, kinke wrote:
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> See https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/issues/1754. I 
> personally never download the DMD installers, only the .7z. I 
> also don't use a global PATH set up to point to a particular 
> LDC installation. I expect the vast majority of Windows *devs* 
> to prefer a simple download&unpack over some installer. Those 
> wanting to click through setup steps can use the VisualD 
> installer with bundled LDC.

I'm sympathetic to Ilya's concerns in that thread, but it would 
help to get empirical. What about a calculation of the number of 
unique downloads for DMD's Windows installer vs. those who 
download the .7z? The .7z probably has more downloads for CIs, 
but I wouldn't be surprised if there is a larger share of people 
downloading the DMD installer than you think.

I also have a PATH set up to point to a particular LDC 
installation that I need to update whenever I upgrade LDC. It has 
caused me problems in the past when I forget to change it...

I don't recall ever using the VisualD installer to install LDC.