DUB - call to arms

[bachmeier]

On Sunday, 14 April 2019 at 11:27:18 UTC, Jacob Shtokolov wrote:
> On Sunday, 14 April 2019 at 10:53:17 UTC, Seb wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> The problem
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>
> Hey guys, maybe this is an offtopic (which could sound 
> heretical btw), but didn't you ever think about writing a 
> package manager using some scripting languages like Python or 
> JavaScript?
>
> The package manager is an infrastructure thing, so it not so 
> critical as the rest of other tools.
>
> Maybe, a consideration of this idea would help to attract more 
> people from the outside of the community, because there is a 
> feeling that we're pretty much locked on the community itself.

I wonder what would possibly be gained from using Python or 
Javascript. If the goal is to have developers that are not 
current D users: (i) Why would they want to work on Dub? (ii) Why 
would we turn over the development of critical infrastructure to 
someone that doesn't know D and isn't interested in learning?

And then there's the marketing: D community rewrites critical 
infrastructure in an alternative language because D doesn't cut 
it. A better decision would be to shut down the project entirely.