dub: should we make it the de jure package manager for D?

[Faux Amis]

On 11-9-2013 12:28, ilya-stromberg wrote:
> On Wednesday, 11 September 2013 at 06:28:30 UTC, Sönke Ludwig wrote:
>> Am 11.09.2013 00:06, schrieb luminousone:
>>> Projects that haven't had an update for an excessive amount of
>>> time should likely be hidden but still available except in cases
>>> where it is known to be unchanged without need for updates(such
>>> as most wrappers).
>>
>> Agreed. Maybe some other knowledge, such as how many other (active)
>> packages depend on it, or how often it is still downloaded, can help
>> to get a robust automatic measure.
>
> Simple idea: try to build the package via current DMD. If compilation
> false then the package too old (or we have DMD regression). So, it would
> be nice to have package autotester like for DMD/Phobos repositories.

This way it actually knows the last compatible dmd version.