Split digitalmars.D newsgroup into .D and .D2 newsgroups?

[Jarrett Billingsley]

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Walter Bright
<newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
> Is this a good idea?
>

My gut reaction is 'yes'.  But what would be left on .D without the
hundred-post threads about ranges?  There really _isn't_ that much
conversation about D1, and most of it probably belongs on .D.learn
anyway.

Somewhat offtopic: I get the impression, from using the D IRC
channels, that a lot of newcomers are far more influenced into reading
about and using D2 by the Digital Mars site than by how the newsgroups
are divided.  The site guides you right into the D2 spec and compiler
without ever really explaining that D2 is in beta, or that there are
practically no libraries for it, or that virtually everyone who is
using D for production code is using D1.  You get to the D site; what
do you do?  Click "overview," naturally.  You read through that, and
every one of the links is into the D2 spec.  The D 1.0 link at the top
left has also disappeared.  And of course, since bigger numbers *must*
be better, D1 is probably old and unsupported, right!

Maybe there should be a "foyer" page which explains the purpose,
status, and future plans for both D1 and D2 (like I think it was Derek
who said, nowhere on the DM site is it mentioned that D1 is still
supported!).  Then and only then should visitors have the opportunity
to see the rest of the appropriate spec.