As a more or less elixir beginner, elixir/mix releases remain confusing to me.
First of all, it took me way longer than it should be to figure out how to set the entrypoint of my application.
More importantly the resulting releases are kinda confusing, at least to me. Why does it need to contain 17 (13 .exe + 4 .bat) executables? Why are there 55 c-header files in the directory of the erts? Why are there so many configuration files?
I'm sure that they are there for a good reason, but the current solution is daunting, such that it lowers my enjoyment with the otherwise very elegant language.
IMO there should be a release approach that is very simple + compact, and extendable. This would allow people like me to hit the compile button and distribute my application in very manageable parts. Though further configuration it should be possible to end up the very adjustable release that currently exists.
This project seems to go into into the direction I would like. I hope the windows release is soonish such that can try it.
First of all, it took me way longer than it should be to figure out how to set the entrypoint of my application.
More importantly the resulting releases are kinda confusing, at least to me. Why does it need to contain 17 (13 .exe + 4 .bat) executables? Why are there 55 c-header files in the directory of the erts? Why are there so many configuration files?
I'm sure that they are there for a good reason, but the current solution is daunting, such that it lowers my enjoyment with the otherwise very elegant language.
IMO there should be a release approach that is very simple + compact, and extendable. This would allow people like me to hit the compile button and distribute my application in very manageable parts. Though further configuration it should be possible to end up the very adjustable release that currently exists.
This project seems to go into into the direction I would like. I hope the windows release is soonish such that can try it.