Re Build tools for D [ was Re: Prototype buildsystem "Drake" ]

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Kagamin" <spam at here.lot> wrote in message 
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> Nick Sabalausky Wrote:
>
>> From: "Russel Winder" <russel at russel.org.uk>
>> >
>> >I agree with the premise that package management must be a core part of
>> >the build management,
>>
>> If I understand what you're saying correctly, then I strongly disagree. A
>> package management tool, by necessity, must be a common agreed-upon 
>> standard
>> (otherwise it won't serve it's purpose). But if that package management 
>> is
>> tied into build management then we're *also* forcing a single standard 
>> build
>> system on everyone. So then instead of being able to choose your build
>> system, everyone now has to come to an agreement on the same build 
>> system,
>> which #1: Is unlikely to ever happen, and #2: Serves no useful purpose.
>
> A build tool should be able to invoke a package manager and package 
> manager should be able to invoke a build tool, this doesn't mean a tie, it 
> means a working out of the box solution.

Ok, that does make sense.

>This solution is meant to just work. If people don't want solution that 
>just works, they can go with something else of course. For example I prefer 
>makefiles.