Request for new Deimos repository

[Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d]

On Fri, 2016-01-22 at 10:04 +0000, Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d
wrote:
> 
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> So, while I don't agree that there's no point to Deimos, I do 
> agree that it's not worth it.

There is good marketing value in having a centralized knowledge of what
is available, even if not a central repository. Rust, Ceylon, D have
central registries and/or repositories so people know where to go first
even if the package being sought is on BitBucket, GitLab, or GitHub. Go
suffers somewhat from having a completely libertarian view with central
core and "whatever you can find out there".

Whilst Deimos as repository seems to be a fail, Deimos as registry of
repositories could be a real success especially if connected with the
Dub distribution repository.

Arguably Phobos needs a rethink as well. Small core, everything else
elswhere but trivially accessible.

The days of "batteries included" distributions is long gone. 

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