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

Jacob Carlborg doob at me.com
Wed Sep 11 05:29:17 PDT 2013


On 2013-09-11 13:03, Jason den Dulk wrote:

> 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.

Three years is a bit different. I'm thinking more that it need to 
support multiple versions of the compilers because DMD breaks code in 
every single release. Why should I update a package that doesn't take 
advantage of any new features or bug fixes? It's just maintenance work.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg


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