Planet D

Derelict via DUB

I’ve been wanting to support DUB for a while, but was reluctant to do so without support for subpackages. In other words, I wanted for Derelict users to be able to specify Derelict packages, like DerelictGL3 or DerelictGLFW3, as dependencies rather than the entirety of Derelict. Thanks to DUB’s maintainer, Sönke Ludwig, that’s now possible. He has released a new version of DUB that supports subpackages and also created a package.json for Derelict.

I haven’t tested this yet, so I don’t know if it builds out of the box. I expect I’ll need to dig into DUB a bit more to tailor the package file more. So if you try this out before I get around to playing with it, please report any issues over at the github issue tracker.

The One With D
(michaelp)

DMD 2.063.2

One of the new changes in the DMD release cycle is that we will now be seeing minor releases that fix regressions not caught in beta. On that note, DMD 2.063.2 has been pushed out the door. I know it fixes a few regressions, but I don’t know which ones as I don’t see anything in the changelog or in the newsgroup announcement. At any rate, you probably want it.

The One With D
(michaelp)

Derelict3 Users: GLFW3 and SDL2 Notes

GLFW 3.0 has just been released. SDL 2.0 is in a release candidate state. This means that for both projects the API is set in stone. Additionally, Win32 binary downloads are available from both web sites. As a result, you no longer need to checkout and build the source to use the Derelict3 bindings on Windows. I have removed the download links from the project README to the files I was hosting in my Dropbox account.

As for the SDL2 peripheral libraries, I’ve update the SDL2_image binding to the release candidate. I have yet to get the the others (mixer, ttf, net), but expect to get it done some time this weekend. I would like to remind all users to please report confirmed bugs and other issues via the github issue tracker rather than the Derelict3 forum. If you aren’t sure if something is a bug and need some help figuring it out, the forum is the place to go.

The One With D
(michaelp)

DConf 2013 Day 2 Talk 6

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The One With D
(michaelp)

DConf 2013 Day 2 Talk 5

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The One With D
(michaelp)

LDC 0.11.0

A new release of LDC has been pushed out the door. This one has finally made me interested in giving it a whirl, since it contains an “alpha-quality version” of Win32/MinGW support. Looking forward to trying it out when I can make the time to. Thanks, David!

The One With D
(michaelp)

Sociomantic Summary of DConf

Don Clugston and Leandro Lucarella, two employees of Sociomantic Labs whom I had the pleasure to finally meet in person at DConf, have posted a summary of the conference on the Sociomantic blog. The post includes a video of interviews put together by the company’s VP Marketing Brian Ferrario.