DVM - D Version Manager 0.4.0

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Jacob Carlborg" <doob at me.com> wrote in message 
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> On 2012-01-07 00:58, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> "Robert Clipsham"<robert at octarineparrot.com>  wrote in message
>> news:je7qkg$1s8f$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>>
>>> Would it be possible to get something like this working?
>>>
>>> $ dvm install git-master # install everything from git master
>>> $ dvm update git-master  # update to the latest dmd/druntime/phobos
>>>                           # revision
>>> $ dvm use git-master     # switch to git master
>>>
>>
>> Yea, both Jacob and I wanted to get that sort of thing in, and it 
>> shouldn't
>> be too hard. But neither of us have quite gotten around to it yet.
>
> I would really like to do a complete rewrite of the tool, the internals. 
> Well actually more of a complete refactoring so DVM can be built as a 
> library and the tool uses the library. This would make things like the 
> above much easier to integrate.
>

Interesting. Do you have any sort of idea on when, or a rough roadmap? Or is 
it one of those "One of things days if I get around to it" sort of thing 
(that I'm all too familiar with myself!)?