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

[w0rp]

On Thursday, 12 September 2013 at 20:18:35 UTC, Jonathan M Davis
wrote:
> On Thursday, September 12, 2013 22:02:15 w0rp wrote:
>> On the subject of YAML. I've tried it out a few times. The 
>> syntax
>> for JSON can be described in 1-2 pages, on json.org's front 
>> page.
>> The syntax for YAML requires a 50-100 page document to 
>> describe.
>> That should be enough to tell you not to use it.
>
> While, I agree in principle, I would point out that what's on 
> json.org is
> oversimplified and is not a valid spec. You really need to read 
> the RFC if you
> want to get it right, and that has about 9 pages of actual 
> content:
>
> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4627.txt?number=4627
>
> So, you're comparing a basic explanation of JSON to a full-on 
> spec for YAML.
> Now, the YAML 1.2 spec does have about 77 pages of actual 
> content:
>
> http://yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.pdf
>
> So, you're not completely off base in your comparison (YAML 
> _is_ way more
> complicated), but to properly specify JSON requires a lot more 
> pages than your
> post indicates.
>
> - Jonathan M Davis

That's a much more fair comparison. Thanks.