a cabal for D ?

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-03-22 12:03, Jonas Drewsen wrote:
> On 17/03/11 21.44, Jason E. Aten wrote:
>> 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?
>>
>> 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.
>
> It seems quite a few people are interested in such a tool. I suggest
> that those who are interested in the subject form some kind of SIG and
> creates a page on http://prowiki.org/wiki4d with ideas, insights,
> requirements that the rest of the community can follow. I think
> discussions still need to be done in this newsgroup though.
>
> This means that someone will actually need to implement something or
> modify an existing solution at some point for it to make sense. But
> initially we need to settle on something that "everybody" would be happy
> with and would support as the standard tool if possible.
>
> I'm willing to throw in some time implementing it when the curl stuff
> that I'm currently working on is done. Hopefully others can put some
> work in this tool as well to get things rolling.
>
> Anyone think this is a good idea?
>
> Should I create a SIG page?
>
> /Jonas

I think it's a good idea. I'm planning to start on a tool like this when 
I finished the std.net.isemail module.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg