On 07/09/2013 12:29 PM, Iain Buclaw wrote: > As per documentation: > > The D language is under development as of this writing; see {current > language reference}. At present the current major version of D is > 2.0, and > there is no way to describe the language supported by GCC in terms of > a specific minor version. In general GCC follows the D front-end > releases closely, and any given GCC release will support the current > language as of the date that the release was frozen. > > So the 4.7, 4.8 branches present on github are considered releases, > but no binary distribution is done other than through eg: Linux > distributor repositories.
I think what he means is: why are there no easily downloadable .tar.gz files where all you have to do is ./configure && make && make install ? Or, better still, 1-click installers for different major platforms as we have with DMD. I know this is one of those "needs someone to step up to the plate" situations, but I think it's true that this would be helpful for potential users of GDC.