PhobosV3+ Fundamental Elements

[Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole]

On 01/09/2026 12:28 AM, Alexandru Ermicioi wrote:
> On Sunday, 30 August 2026 at 17:58:35 UTC, libxmoc wrote:
>> I personally think D doesn't need phobos at all, it would be better 
>> split and proposed as dub packages, leaving just a base D that's good 
>> enough to get going and port to other platforms.
> 
> It would still be good if they can be shipped as part of compiler 
> install or as extra packages in os repositories, for scripting convenience.
> 
> Then on bigger project, they could be overriden with explicit dub versions.

Yes, most of PhobosV3 functionality is going to have to be split out 
into separate shared libraries built on top of the default linked 
against library.

For that we need a bundle system to be able to handle the linking.
In doing so we'd be shipping it all.

If you want to use dub to pick different versions you'd be free to since 
all this optional stuff is opt-in.