List of updated libraries

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

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
>> <vladimir at 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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.


Thanks,

Andrei