On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 11:55:12AM +0200, Joakim wrote: [...] > Personally, I like the D-based build system idea. Distribute > dmd/phobos with a D-based build tool like dub, which has been > compiled ahead of time for each supported platform and will compile > D for you, if you want. Of course, this means that you'll still > need to maintain makefiles on the D build machines that will build > dub for the D maintainers to distribute, but it isolates all the > complexity of makefiles from end users, so they don't have to touch > any of that stuff. Whether that ease of use is worth the extra > effort, I don't know.
There's no need to maintain any makefiles once the D build tool is usable. As long as you have a working binary of dmd that can compile the tool, that's good enough. T -- For every argument for something, there is always an equal and opposite argument against it. Debates don't give answers, only wounded or inflated egos.
