[dmd-beta] 2.066.1

[Martin Nowak via dmd-beta]

On 10/27/2014 08:24 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 10/27/14 12:09 PM, Martin Nowak wrote:
>> On 10/27/2014 06:57 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>
>>> Martin, Sönke, do you think we can bring dub to the point we don't rely
>>> on machine specifics (i.e. dmd.conf) to build everything? That might
>>> mean extra options.
>>
>> While specifying include and library paths on the dub command line can
>> definitely be done. Not so sure whether that fits into dub's approach.
>
> Fair enough. One possible argument is that setting the compiler entails
> setting flags, too (because e.g. gdc and dmd have different flags).

Dub has an abstraction shim to unify compiler flags.
http://code.dlang.org/package-format#build-requirements
http://code.dlang.org/package-format#build-options

You'd use `dub build -b release` for an optimzed build regardless of 
what compiler you chose.

>> I think it is more a DPL problem setting up a simple build env from
>> sources requires so many steps.
>
> Well the question is how to move forward from where we are.

Improve and use the scripts.
https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/tools/blob/master/update.sh
https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/installer/blob/master/bootstrap/bootstrap-dmd.bat

The meta repo idea would also help here.
https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11792