What's missing from Phobos for Orbit (package manager)

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:02:09 -0500, Jacob Carlborg <doob at me.com> wrote:

> On 2013-02-14 23:37, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>
>> No.  Clearly using tango xml will not fly.
>>
>> We need a new xml library.  For many reasons, besides this tool.
>>
>> I also think serialization is something we should have in phobos,
>> regardless of Orbit's requirements.
>
> I've tried that, nobody was interested.

That is an overstatement.  I'm pretty sure people are interested in having  
serialization in Phobos.

>
>> std.process should be remedied soon (it's nearing review).
>>
>> The others, I'm not sure.
>>
>> What about this as a possible ongoing solution:
>>
>> Step 1. Include orbit in BINARY form on the distribution, keep it in its
>> own project wherever it lives now.  Dogfood be damned...
>
> It's _is_ written in D. I just chose to use libraries that exists and  
> works. BTW, probably around half of what's included in the DMD  
> distribution is not written in D at all.

By dogfood I mean, written against phobos.

-Steve