On 02/17/2018 10:35 AM, Thomas Mader wrote: > But I package dub and the tools as a separate package from dmd. > Archlinux is doing the same and I find it reasonable. dub and the tools > should be buildable with other compilers too and one day I might switch > to ldc as the default compiler for the distribution because of speed.
Dub hardly is CPU bound, and using different binaries (build settings) on other systems might cause harder to reproduce bugs. I think we'll transition to gdc or ldc for dmd releases at some point, if I or someone else find enough time for that.
