https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15218
Iain Buclaw <ibuc...@gdcproject.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |ibuc...@gdcproject.org --- Comment #2 from Iain Buclaw <ibuc...@gdcproject.org> --- (In reply to Adam D. Ruppe from comment #1) > I absolutely, strongly disagree. Dynamic linking Phobos is a bad idea - it > will lead to serious breakage around every corner for every application. > > Phobos changes with every release. All executables compiled before an update > will now be liable to break. > > Phobos is not commonly installed on user's computers. To distribute D > programs compiled with these defaults, we'd also have to distribute the > library. That'd be a 10x size increase and a big hassle... and moves the > update breakage to the user's side. > Agreed. This is not a bug on our side, more it is a decision given to the package maintainers for various OS's. --