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

[John Colvin]

On Thursday, 26 September 2013 at 06:59:05 UTC, Jacob Carlborg 
wrote:
> On 2013-09-25 18:14, Bruno Medeiros wrote:
>
>> But this is all for development-time usage. To have the same 
>> tool try to
>> be an executable installation manager is another thing 
>> entirely and, in
>> my opinion quite ill-suited for dub (see related OP). Where 
>> did this
>> idea even come from??
>
> If dub doesn't install packages, why the h*ll should I use it 
> in the first place? I can just use the system package manager.

Install packages: yes, but locally, primarily for dub/development 
use. Not system-level library installations for end-users.

I think when people are talking about not wanting it to install 
things they are talking about the latter, not the former.