Strahinja: We are definitely going to be smart with dependency resolution. We are going to allow libs to specify their dependencies using semver (http://semver.org/) as well as version bounds (for example, foo >= 2.0.0 -> any version of foo greater than 2.0.0, bar ~> 2.1.0, any version of bar greater than 2.1.0 and less than 2.2 -- exact syntax is still TBD). Ideally, if pulling in shared dependencies that satisfy the bounds, only one version of the dep will be present (reduce binary bloat). We should also be able to handle the incompatible transitive dependency case by getting both versions of the library, like you said.
Davis: The term "native library" is pretty loaded, so hopefully I will be able to answer your question. First, we do not want to reinvent Make or apt-get. So, Cargo will not, itself, be able to build C / C++ libraries nor will it be able to pull in system packages (via apt-get, homebrew, etc...). However, it will definitely be extensible. So, if you have C library dependencies that you want to be able to compile, you can include a makefile and tell cargo when and how to invoke it. Also, if you want to ensure that certain system packages are present, you will also be able to tell cargo when and how to do this. As for moving cargo to rust-lang, that is the plan. We haven't done so yet as we are still still in "spike mode" and code is pretty messy, but we want to move it to rust-lang's github very soon. Cheers, Carl On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 8:37 PM, Davis Silverman <sinistersn...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is great news! I wonder, what will the story be with native libraries? > Will/could it be possible to package other dependencies, say, in C, to build > also? > > Also, are there plans to move the repository to rust-lang? > > I'm extremely happy and can't wait to hear more. Thanks so much! > > > _______________________________________________ > Rust-dev mailing list > Rust-dev@mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev > _______________________________________________ Rust-dev mailing list Rust-dev@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev
