D : Not for me anymore

[Bill Baxter]

Walter Bright wrote:
> J Duncan wrote:
>> Sean Kelly wrote:
>>> Bill Baxter wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The other option is to have something net-connected like the python 
>>>> easy_install stuff or the cygwin installer, or I suppose things like 
>>>> fink (though I've never used it), and apt-get.   Of those I think 
>>>> the Cygwin model makes most sense.  You get a front-end configurator 
>>>> to run that lets you pick which modules you want in addition to the 
>>>> core.  Of course that's a lot more work / infrastructure to set up.
>>>
>>> Personally, I would love for D libraries to be distributed this way. 
>>> Ruby Gems does this too, and implementation issues aside, the basic 
>>> concept is just fantastic.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sean
>>
>> I have been discussing this idea pretty much since I came to D. Gregor 
>> is working on the DSSS project and he had discussed putting in some 
>> sort of 'netinstall' option.
>>
>> At any rate this is something we eventually have to do, without a doubt!
> 
> I think it'd be cool, too.

Oh no!  You may have just killed it!  ;-)

--bb