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

[Jason den Dulk]

On Wednesday, 11 September 2013 at 08:51:30 UTC, Jacob Carlborg 
wrote:
> On 2013-09-11 06:06, Jason den Dulk wrote:
>
>> 1) Must be legal.
>
> What exactly does this mean in this context?

You cannot include anything you do not have the legal right to 
include. I.E no copyright violations, no child porn software etc. 
It seems obvious, but it does need to be stated and is a standard 
part of any terms and conditions related to hosting and 
distribution.

>
>> 4) Must compile and run with a "reasonably recent" version of 
>> the
>> official compiler.
>
> I think it's better to specify a compiler and version in the 
> package file.

Yes, but if the latest version the package is known to work with 
is more than 3 years old, it would be desirable to have that kept 
away from the up to date packages.