On 2013-09-11 18:50, Brad Anderson wrote:
I have to completely disagree with you here. Where would it end? Would
it install vim for me? Install the Java VM so it could run some Java
tool? The level of effort needed to add this functionality—which would
duplicate dozens of existing package management systems that already do
this job well—is not worth it (and that's before you even consider the
amount of effort that would be needed to maintain such a system).
dub handles source libraries and handles them well (for such a young
project). There is no need to make it do everything and I think trying
to would be detrimental.
Then we can remove all target types except for "sourceLibrary" because
they're all a lie. Currently when "installing" a executable package it
will only clone the repository. Then I have to figure out myself how to
install, which shared libraries it may depend on, which directories they
should be put in. Basically leaving the task of the package manager to
the user.
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/Jacob Carlborg
