Am 27.07.2012 10:59, schrieb Russel Winder:
I wonder if having one person working on a package management system for
D as a side-project is a missed opportunity for D. Putting more effort
and resource into this aspect of D is probably far more constructive to
traction than tinkering with the language, the compiler and
optimization.
I appreciate that GTK is actually something of a minority thing, but it
stands as a great example of how Go has a core and a supported way of
dealing with contributed extras. D has a core (Phobos) and a collection
of emails and posts on forums.
I know actions speak louder than words but for the moment all my actions
have to be with Python and Groovy in order to create income. If I could
create income from D, I'd be doing less waffling here about D and more
acting.
I fully agree! For vibe.d [which btw. also has a redis driver ;)] I made
a simple package manager using github repositories as the source.
However, if there would have been a 'standard' package manager, I
wouldn't even have thought about writing my own.
But to attract people who want to get something going fast, IMO it's
vital to have an easy to use package management system. Of course, if
you are C++ or something, you don't really need to attract those people...
