Idea: Put Phobos, DMD, and the spec under version control (Subversion)

[Bruno Medeiros]

Here's an idea. Would it be useful to put Phobos, DMD, and the D spec 
doc under a version control system such as subversion (with Walter still 
maintaining the sole control over the code) ?

This idea occurred to me because it might be useful for:

A) Keeping track of, and managing changes for those who maintain Phobos 
replacements (like Ares, Mango) or add-ons (like Trevor Pascal's 
stream.d fix: 
news://news.digitalmars.com:119/e8526t$2ai1$1@digitaldaemon.com)?

B) Keeping track of documentation fixes? For instance, Kris complained 
recently about a change that seemed to happen without warning, and at an 
undetermined point in time. Docs under version control might help that.

C) Keeping track of, and managing changes in the D front-end for those 
who work on GDC?

D) Helping Walter in his own development?

This idea is tentative since the people involved or interested on those 
tasks above are the ones who know for sure if and how this would indeed 
be useful. So, what do you think?

-- 
Bruno Medeiros - CS/E student
http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?BrunoMedeiros#D