On Saturday, 28 November 2015 at 21:49:07 UTC, BLM768 wrote:
> Do we even have a good standard XML parser? std.xml has been languishing for years...

AFAIK, good json parser is still in a review queue together with std.xml2 :)

On Wednesday, 25 November 2015 at 19:05:15 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> The main problem with SDL is it's name. It's not an overly popular project - it
>> doesn't even have an article in Wikipedia. That alone is not a problem - if we
>> had something against non-mainstream project we wouldn't be using D - the
>> problem with SDL's lack of popularity shares it's initials with "Simple
>> DirectMedia Layer" - a super-popular project with binding for most languages.
>> This makes it very hard to google for Dimple Declarative Languae - because most
>> of the things you'll find are about Simple DirectMedia Layer.
>
>
> If you google "D programming language SDL" you'll find it.

That takes me here: https://github.com/DerelictOrg/DerelictSDL2
and some other related projects.
In fact, I can't easily find documentation about this SDL from google.

Dubconf seems to me a good replacement name for the format.

Regards,

On Saturday, 28 November 2015 at 22:00:32 UTC, Poyeyo wrote:
> Dubconf seems to me a good replacement name for the format.

Hilarous, I guess you didn't read the topic at all...

On Saturday, 28 November 2015 at 23:38:35 UTC, UserAbcabc123 wrote:
> On Saturday, 28 November 2015 at 22:00:32 UTC, Poyeyo wrote:
>> Dubconf seems to me a good replacement name for the format.
>
> Hilarous, I guess you didn't read the topic at all...

To be fair, it's 20 pages long.

On Saturday, 28 November 2015 at 05:09:48 UTC, ChangLong wrote:
> On Wednesday, 25 November 2015 at 10:17:02 UTC, Suliman wrote:
>> If SDL will stay by default I will prefer to move to any other build system or will downgrade to old version of DUB.
>
> JSON +1

JSON +1
Douchebot -∞

We don't do name calling here. Please stop it.

On Wednesday, 25 November 2015 at 10:17:02 UTC, Suliman wrote:
> I think that using SDL format was big mistake. Not only I do not want to spend time in learning yet another dead config format that now use only one project -- DUB. In time when DUB used json it was not perfect, but at last it was standard and everybody can read it.
>
> Now when I come to code.dlang.org I can't simply do copy-past of dependence. I need go to docs page, and read how to include it.
>
> Also I do not see any projects that are migrate to SDL. Everybody continue to use JSON. So please, return JSON back as default, or very soon we will see that nobody do not submit packages to code.dlang.org and nobody do not use DUB for their own projects.
>
> Please vote about SDL config format http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=565587f4e4b0b3955a59fb67
>
> If SDL will stay by default I will prefer to move to any other build system or will downgrade to old version of DUB.

A 20-page bikeshedding bonanza! Atypical D forums...and a pity that the priorities of core D devs is diverted to this spittle of a forum post when D has much bigger fish to fry.

JSON/SDLang both have zero friction; if you use Dub+JSON you can become fluent Dub+SDLang in less than 1 minute for the first time. Pick one for your project and move on, both are supported.

bye,
lobo

On Sunday, 29 November 2015 at 01:20:41 UTC, lobo wrote:
> On Wednesday, 25 November 2015 at 10:17:02 UTC, Suliman wrote:
>> [...]
>
> A 20-page bikeshedding bonanza! Atypical D forums...and a pity that the priorities of core D devs is diverted to this spittle of a forum post when D has much bigger fish to fry.
>
> JSON/SDLang both have zero friction; if you use Dub+JSON you can become fluent Dub+SDLang in less than 1 minute for the first time. Pick one for your project and move on, both are supported.
>
> bye,
> lobo

Gah!

s/Atypical/A typical

On Saturday, 28 November 2015 at 23:38:35 UTC, UserAbcabc123 wrote:
> On Saturday, 28 November 2015 at 22:00:32 UTC, Poyeyo wrote:
>> Dubconf seems to me a good replacement name for the format.
>
> Hilarous, I guess you didn't read the topic at all...

I've read it all. But I'm not joining the group in arguing against the format. And yes, someone said .dubconf should be an analog for .gitconfig. Hilarious.

Just to focus on my objection: the actual new name is not as important as picking something that's not SDL.

SDL and D already give plenty of useful search results for game programming.

Please change the name.

Regards,

On Sunday, 29 November 2015 at 06:03:21 UTC, Poyeyo wrote:
> Please change the name.

"SDLang" gives good google results