Jacob Carlborg wrote: > On 2011-06-14 15:53, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: >> http://www.wikiservice.at/d/wiki.cgi?LanguageDevel/DIPs/DIP11 >> >> Destroy. >> >> >> Andrei > > Instead of complaining about others ideas (I'll probably do that as well > :) ), here's my idea: > https://github.com/jacob-carlborg/orbit/wiki/Oribt-Package-Manager-for-D > > I'm working on both of the tools mentioned in the above link. The ideas > for the package manager are heavily based on Rubygems. >
Looks good, and has a cool name too! I love the reference to the mars / phobos theme. After 'cloning into orbit...', I think I'm missing a ruby ffi binding. Is it possible to build it already? Or is it too early for that? If I'm not mistaken the dependency on ruby is nicely factored into a very small part of orbit and could easily be replaced if someone would be inclined to do so. I'd prefer this over ruby, but I prefer ruby over the dsss format. In the end, what matters is the value of the tool.