DIP11

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-08-11 09:41, Jonas Drewsen wrote:
> On 11/08/11 09.07, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>> On 2011-08-10 21:55, jdrewsen wrote:
>>> What is the status of DIP11
>>>
>>> http://www.wikiservice.at/d/wiki.cgi?LanguageDevel/DIPs/DIP11
>>>
>>> Has anyone started implementing it? Has it been rejected?
>>>
>>> /Jonas
>>
>> Not sure, personally I don't like it. Instead I'm working on a more
>> traditional package manager called Orbit:
>> https://github.com/jacob-carlborg/orbit/wiki/Orbit-Package-Manager-for-D
>
> Yes I've noticed that. Seems very promising.
>
> What I do like about DIP11 is how seamless it would work. You just have
> to compile and stuff works.
>
> /Jonas

I think that DIP11 is too limited, for example, it doesn't deal with 
versions. Orbit combined with a build tool will be seamless as well. 
RDMD is a great tool but as soon as you need to add compiler flags or 
compile a library you need either some kind of script or a build tool. 
And in that case you can just go with the built tool and have it work on 
all platforms.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg