Git, the D package manager

[Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d]

On Mon, 2015-02-02 at 20:05 +0000, Dragos Carp via Digitalmars-d wrote:
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> Why not building on cmake? You have experience with it. 

I would argue because the CMake build description language really,
really suck.

Yes, you can describe builds using it, but only once you have entered a
state of Stockholm Syndrome.

> trentforkert made very good progress with D support in cmake and 
> has good chances to merge it upstream [1].

OK, positive progress is good progress. Making a bad system better is
better than leaving it bad.

> If we look at the Vision/2015H1 goals, we see a couple of points, 
> where cmake already has the necessary support:
> 
> - C++ integration (hybrid projects)
> - alternative compilers
> - embedded systems
> 
> This features would take a lot of effort/time to be implemented 
> in a pure D solution, nevertheless any of these points is a niche 
> in the D community.
> 
> Apart from the ugly script language, cmake would be a pretty good 
> fit.

As would SCons. 

(You just knew I was going to say that didn't you :-)

> 
> [1] - https://github.com/trentforkert/cmake

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