obsolete D libraries/modules

[Ramon]

I'm still a newbie, which is not a pleasant but *can* be useful 
because, after all, D does not intend to be or stay a rarter 
closed insider group and a newbie might be better able to come up 
with certain, possibly stupid, issues.

So kindly allow me to share some thoughts with you.

I hear a lot about performance and sure enough that's important. 
Also very important, however, is the question of available 
libraries and of binding C libs.

If there is (and possibly DStep is) an up-to-date (workig with 
D2, phobos) a solution LET US ADVERTISE THAT and make it easy to 
find, too!
This is not some luxury like D being 7% faster than, say, Pascal. 
This is a go-or-break issue for many who have a first look at D.

I took dsource to be of relevance and learned it's not. One 
reason for that was that I was, of course, looking for existing 
modules/libraries and it seems there is not yet an "official" 
list of repositories and modules. Let's change that.

While I personally have not much of a problem with a funny 
assortment of cvs, svn, bzr, git and whatnot repositories spread 
all over the internet, some might consider that unattractive 
enough to stay away from D. Maybe we should create/have sth. like 
"the official D modules repository" where modules are sorted 
(gui, db, algo, etc. - and - D2, phobos, tango based, etc), where 
activity or last update or similar is shown, where some maturity 
indicator (like 1=concept ... 5=mature/production qual.) is shown.

Thanks for considering and discussing

A+ -R