The DUB package manager

[Sönke Ludwig]

Am 21.02.2013 22:06, schrieb Graham Fawcett:
> On Sunday, 17 February 2013 at 07:23:22 UTC, Sönke Ludwig wrote:
>>> You might want to list all the dependencies needed for dub or
>>> distribute them in a zip.
>>>
>>
>> They are in the .zip now and I listed the dependencies on the download
>> page. Sorry, the distribution stuff is still very much ad-hoc ATM. I'll
>> make some installers once the build process is automated.
>>
>>> Ah I didn't spot the download link http://registry.vibed.org/download
>>>
>>> I guess this could be made more visible by adding a link to the
>>> download page from the github repository, and maybe putting the { *
>>> Using DUB * Download * Publishing packages * Helping developme }
>>> section at the top instead of the bottom.
>>
>> There now is a link on the github page + a note for non-Windows that
>> libevent/libssl are needed. I also added a short sentence how to build
>> by hand. The dependencies will also likely change to just libcurl at
>> some point with a make file or something to make bootstrapping as simple
>> as possible.
> 
> Personally, I think that libcurl-only dependency is an important goal.
> Dub's third-party dependencies are far too "modern." For example, I have
> an older Ubuntu instance I use for testing (10.10), where libevent 2.x
> simply isn't available (can't run your binary, and can't compile your
> source).
> 
> For Vibe, these may be acceptable requirements, but not for a general
> packaging tool.
> 
> I would hope that a future version of Dub wouldn't have any dependencies
> on Vibe, either. That's an odd bootstrapping arrangement.
> 
> Best,
> Graham

Fully agree, this planned as the next step (since it was a part of
vibe.d in the beginning, using that just was the most natural choice
back then).