D Shared Software System version 0.1 Released!

[Gregor Richards]

Daniel Keep wrote:
> This is exactly what D needed.
> 
> For reference, I've always found that Python's way of doing it is also
> cool.  distutils (shipped with Python) can generate a wide number of
> distribution packages: UNIX tar balls, DEBs, RPMs, ZIPs and even Windows
> Installer MSIs.
> 
> Then we have things like CPAN and Ruby Gems.  If you need a library, you
> just work out which one you want, and tell the system to install it.
> 
> A few suggestions:
> 
> * Have a way to take a package, and generate distribution files.  This
> would allow maintainers to use DSSS to generate distro media for other
> formats.
> 
> * Corollary to the above, make it possible to generate a distribution
> both with and without dependencies.  This could allow application
> developers to leverage DSSS to build complete installers for their
> programs without having to worry about finding and building all of the
> libraries, and the libraries they depend on, etc.
> 
>   Again, for comparison, Python's py2exe can be used to do this, and is
> VERY cool.
> 
> Thank you so much for writing this.  Downloading now :)
> 
> 	-- Daniel
> 

An excellent idea.  I'll put it on "The List."

  - Gregor Richards