dub: should we make it the de jure package manager for D?

[Bruno Medeiros]

On 27/09/2013 14:00, Wyatt wrote:
> On Thursday, 26 September 2013 at 14:20:53 UTC, Bruno Medeiros wrote:
>>
>> To be fair, I don't entirely agree with this. End user
>> distribution/installation doesn't have to be system-specific. I can
>> see many interesting and useful use-cases for a cross-platform user
>> application package manager. It might be a real cool project if done
>> properly.
>
> That's CPAN.  You just described CPAN.  It supports both system and user
> level package installing, bails properly when build deps are missing,
> and has enough metadata that we can support it from the system package
> manager for proper system-level depgraph and file tracking.  If there's
> a wheel we want to steal or reinvent, this is THE one.
>
> But I think it's important to remember it would be complete cat puke
> like ruby packaging if they didn't have PAUSE [0]; clear,
> moderately-strict submission guidelines [1] (especially for newcomers);
> and PrePAN, for feedback and discussion BEFORE it goes up.
>
> The latter, and community involvement in general, is possibly the most
> important aspect of this process because the community is ultimately
> your userbase. (It's not so knock-down/drag-out as Phobos module
> reviews, but it's a great source of sanity checking.[2])
>
> -Wyatt
>
> [0] http://www.cpan.org/modules/04pause.html Recommend reading the whole
> thing.
> [1] http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/perl-5.18.1/pod/perlnewmod.pod
> [2] http://prepan.org/module/nXWJ8Y9sBtw A good recent example

I would only consider a cross-platform user application package manager 
to be interesting (that is, useful to a significant level) if it's not 
tied to any particular language (or platform).

-- 
Bruno Medeiros - Software Engineer