DSSS, Dsource, and cpan

[Sean Kelly]

Gregor Richards wrote:
> Sean Kelly wrote:
>> This was one of the primary motivations for the Tango team "asking" 
>> Gregor to include download support early on.  I personally feel that 
>> this will be the way most libraries should/will be distributed.
>>
> 
> .... in what universe did the Tango team ask for this?

According to you:

http://www.digitalmars.com/pnews/read.php?server=news.digitalmars.com&group=digitalmars.D&artnum=44249

 > You'd think if
> the Tango team was behind it initially, tango would be net-installable 
> via DSSS. And yet, it's not :P
...
> PS: The reason Tango is not net-installable is because of my do-no-harm 
> philosophy of net-installs. You should not install something, then find 
> that your arbitrary project using Phobos fails for reasons mysterious to 
> you.

These seem to be somewhat contradictory points.  You can't argue that 
Tango not being net installable is somehow a fault of the Tango team (of 
which you are a part), and at the same time suggest that doing so would 
be a bad idea.


Sean