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

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2013-09-11 14:33, Dicebot wrote:

> I am strongly against it. It is not a job of language package manager.
>
> Implementing it properly will require to integrate the knowledge of
> every existing packaging system among every slightly popular OS /
> distro. Implement it as a hack with own package ecosystem and people
> will hate you.
>
> It exists to simplify development. Users that run D-based programs
> should never ever be even aware of such thing as `dub`.

No, I completely agree. But there are a lot of developer tools that are 
executables. They are used by developers just as dub is. It doesn't need 
to be integrated with the native package manager. Just install it in a 
directory and put it in the PATH.

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/Jacob Carlborg