Dream package management system (Was: a cabal for D ?)

[Tomek Sowiński]

Jason E. Aten napisał:

> Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I observe that there doesn't appear 
> to be a package management system / standard repository for D libraries.  
> Or is there?

No, there isn't.

> I'm talking about something as easy to use as R's CRAN,
> > install.packages("rforest")
> 
> or cpan for perl, ctan for latex, dpgk/apt for debian, cabal for Haskell/
> Hackage, etc.
> 
> If there's not a commonly utilized one currently, perhaps we could 
> "borrow" cabal, with a trivial port.  cabal is Haskell's package manager.
> 
> Not only does having a standard package install system facilitate 
> adoption, it greatly facilitates code sharing and library maturation.

Yes, we need it badly.

I think it's a good moment to start a discussion. First off, what exactly do we want from a package management system?

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Tomek