a cabal for D ?

[Lutger Blijdestijn]

Jason E. Aten wrote:

> Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I observe that there doesn't appear
> to be a package management system / standard repository for D libraries.
> Or is there?
> 
> I'm talking about something as easy to use as R's CRAN,
>> install.packages("rforest")
> 
> or cpan for perl, ctan for latex, dpgk/apt for debian, cabal for Haskell/
> Hackage, etc.
> 
> If there's not a commonly utilized one currently, perhaps we could
> "borrow" cabal, with a trivial port.  cabal is Haskell's package manager.
> 
> Not only does having a standard package install system facilitate
> adoption, it greatly facilitates code sharing and library maturation.

There used to be one called dsss (d shared software system). It was widely 
used, I think some D1 libraries still use it but it hasn't been maintained 
for years.