dub -> meson

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On Tuesday, 16 April 2019 at 02:30:25 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
> On 16/04/2019 2:15 PM, Julian wrote:
>> 
>>> 4. Ability to compile and configure D code with other 
>>> languages like C/C++.
>> 
>> That's a surprising oversight. Was it intentional?
>
> Out of scope. Dub was only meant to handle D programs using 
> minimal external dependencies and for this purpose it has 
> succeeded.

I don't think so. For example, dub does not allow to compile 
selected dependencies in release builds, while the current 
project in debug mode. This is a common case for numeric 
libraries like mir-glas (blas), mir-optim and etc.
So, we need to call dub as prebuild command 
https://github.com/libmir/mir-glas/blob/master/dub.json#L28

For simple system dependencies dub force users to define 
configuration monsters like that for mir-blas:
https://github.com/libmir/mir-blas/blob/master/dub.sdl

Maybe configurations for vibe.d and other packages looks no so 
monstrous, however for my uses cases, it adds a lot of pain. 
Also, this pain in inherited by dependencies:
https://github.com/libmir/mir-lapack/blob/master/dub.sdl
https://github.com/kaleidicassociates/lubeck/blob/master/dub.sdl