dub -> meson
drug
drug2004 at bk.ru
Tue Apr 16 08:38:19 UTC 2019
On 16.04.2019 4:45, 9il wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> 'DUB - call to arms' post by Seb
> https://forum.dlang.org/post/unimbbqxosxcmjdhtzch@forum.dlang.org
>
> Hope we will move other direction and extend Meson build system with
> better D support and make a new Dlang registry.
>
> Reasons to move forward with Meson:
>
> 0. Progressive and large community
> 1. Has clear python source code: faster to extend, easier to maintain.
> 2. D+Meson already used in production: last year it is a major build
> system for all of Mir and its commercial applications.
> 3. Meson language is super cool. It is much better than dub for
> commercial projects, for large projects, for library distribution.
> 4. Ability to compile and configure D code with other languages like C/C++.
> 5. With Meson we don't need to catch up Rust, we can do better than Rust
> with fewer resources.
>
>
> Best,
> Ilya
Dub suppor for Meson (and other ones) is really useful thing, but it
should be optional advanced feature.
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