One more question - an untapped audience.

[Marco Leise]

Am Mon, 10 Feb 2014 23:06:51 -0800
schrieb "Adam Wilson" <flyboynw at gmail.com>:

> > I don't understand this at all.  We wouldn't stop shipping phobos with  
> > the compiler, it would just be in the format of a dub repo/several dub  
> > repos instead of it's own thing.
> >
> 
> I suppose as long as it's available by default that's OK.

Using dub is one way that works for one group of people.

For me the ideal situation that I strive to achieve is that it
is dead simple to install any D application using the Linux
package manager.
Thereby it should not matter if the app is 32-bit only, only
compiles with GDC or must use a static Phobos lib opposed to
the shared one. The package manager pulls in the correct
Phobos dependency in the required version and keeps track of
the installed files for a later uninstall when they are no
longer needed. Just as it works for any other popular Linux
app.

Then again if all you need is a quick setup for playing with
DMD and external libraries in your home directory, dub is
ideal.

-- 
Marco