On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu < seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org> wrote:
> On 12/19/11 6:27 AM, torhu wrote: > >> On 19.12.2011 12:34, Henrik Nordvik wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Vladimir Panteleev >>> <vladi...@thecybershadow.net> wrote: >>> >>>> On Monday, 19 December 2011 at 06:03:08 UTC, Henrik Nordvik wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>>> There's a page on the wiki: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://prowiki.org/wiki4d/**wiki.cgi?AllLibraries<http://prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?AllLibraries> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> That wasn't very updated. I checked a sample of the links, and a lot >>>>> were >>>>> dead, from 2003, 2004, 2006 etc. >>>>> With so many dead project I get the feeling that D is dead. I fact, >>>>> I have >>>>> found almost no active projects. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Well, it's a wiki... if you have a few minutes of free time, you >>>> should edit >>>> the page to help future readers. >>>> >>> >>> Why are so many libraries abandoned? >>> >>> D - the language without libraries. >>> >>> Why are so many libraries abandoned? >>> >> >> This is no different from other languages, it's just that dsource.org >> makes the dead projects highly visible by showing a complete list of all >> projects. And there's no activity statistics or anything to show which >> ones are still active. >> >> Imagine how many thousands of dead C and Java projects there are on >> SourceForge. I would guess that about 99% of all open source projects >> are dead, it's just that you never hear about them. >> > > The site dsource.org is quickly becoming a net liability for D. It seems > the main issue is there is no time for even the smallest improvements, > which have been asked for years. > > Brad Anderson, what steps can we take to help you administer dsource.org? > The community is growing and it has become relatively easy to get help with > high-visibility projects. Please let us know. > > I should probably point out--as this may have generated some confusion since I've started posting--that I'm not the same Brad Anderson as the one that runs DSource. If he was posting under the email listed on dsource (brad AT dsource) it doesn't appear he's posted on the newsgroup in quite some time. You may want to email him directly. I didn't realize until fairly recently that I shared the same name as someone else in the D community. Regards, Not the Brad Anderson you're probably thinking of > > Thanks, > > Andrei >
