On Tue, 2018-02-13 at 10:45 +0000, aberba via Digitalmars-d wrote: > […] > I wish complaints about Dub would include exactly what was > impossible with it. There's no reason to throw dub away and start > something new. If one can run cmake before build in dub, then a > lot is possible. Those edge cases can be ironed out.
I think there have been many actual complaints made in detail in this thread. There is always a reason to replace, because you can build on what has gone before and do better. CMake is part of the problem. > Dub fulfills all my use cases so I don't complain. Those here > with not much issue with dub will also not complain. And that > does not make it a minority opinion without stats to prove dub > usage. No problem, and I guess you'll be happy to carry on using Dub after something new and better appears. In the case of Maven → Gradle, many people still use Maven even though it is provably inferior to Gradle simply because they cannot be bothered to change. > At point, dub will likely remain the default package management > tool. The build functionality can be improved for those who deal > with such stuff often. Manpower is what remains. […] Why should Dub remain the one true way? Just because it was the first doesn't mean it is the best. -- Russel. =========================================== Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk
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