Am 16.02.2013, 22:21 Uhr, schrieb Sönke Ludwig:
I actually think it is indeed _good_ to have a first class build system
for exactly the reason that H. S. Teoh gave. If other build systems
really are on the same level as the standard one, it poses the risk of
fragmentation among different packages and users would possibly have to
install a number of different build tools to build all dependencies.
++1
Another issue: I understand why you are using json but it is
not the best suited format IMHO. D put some restriction on
module names, thus the format can be simplified. Compare:
{
"name": "myproject",
"description": "A little web service of mine.",
"authors": ["Peter Parker"],
"homepage": "http://myproject.com";,
"license": "GPL v2",
"dependencies": {
"vibe-d": ">=0.7.11"
}
}
name: myproject;
description: A little web service of mine.;
authors: [Peter Parker, Fritz Walter];
homepage: "http://myproject.com";;
license": GPL v2;
dependencies: [
vibe: >= 0.7.11 # a comment;
];
Using ';' as end-char and omit all these double quotes
makes it much cleaner and less error-prone for the user
as well as automatic generation. Double quotes are needed
only for strings with none alphanumeric characters.
Adding '#' or '//' for comments would also be a good idea.
I also think that something like json objects, which are
key-value pairs anyway, are dispensable. Hence everything
can be key-value pairs.
Exporting to other formats will probably needed anyway.
Peter
