zip packages to pack modules

[bachmeier via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 29 September 2015 at 05:24:49 UTC, tcak wrote:

> Use Case
> ========
> * Include libraries in a project in one step.
> * Versioning is much easier. Programmer creates a library with 
> many modules in it. ZIP packs them, and gives a version number 
> to it in filename. No more changes will be made on it. (This is 
> my #1 reasoning)
> * Work of newcomers can be eased.

This could be accomplished by including dub in the default 
installation (already scheduled to happen) and then adding 
something like pragma("dep", ["lib1", "lib2", "lib3"]).

For better or worse, it looks like the decision has been made to 
go with Dub. I think it's a mistake, because (i) it increases the 
learning curve, and (ii) the documentation was not written for 
newcomers (AFAICT the way to learn is to look at existing 
packages and then learn by trial and error). But what I think 
doesn't matter; the decision has been made to use Dub, so there 
is no chance that another approach will be taken.