Idea: std.build instead of dub and make-like tools

[Timothee Cour via Digitalmars-d]

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 10:25 PM, Piotrek via Digitalmars-d <
digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:

> On Wednesday, 16 March 2016 at 18:36:48 UTC, Mark Isaacson wrote:
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>> From experience, it turns out that having a restricted language to
>> specify your builds/dependencies is a very good thing. You really don't
>> really want a turning complete language for this; it just makes it harder
>> to reason about.
>>
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> I agree that everybody has different experience. My, for example, is
> opposite.
>
> 1. Make and derivatives are unintuitive to use and lead to unmaintained
> mess.
> 2. Simple and descriptive formats like JSON means neverending demand for
> extension and alternatives (dub situation).


eg, comments (not supported in dub JSON format since it's not standard JSON)


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> Piotrek
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