D project management for better growth and longevity

[js.mdnq]

On Thursday, 21 February 2013 at 15:25:56 UTC, qznc wrote:
> On Thursday, 21 February 2013 at 14:29:26 UTC, bearophile wrote:
>> See also Gerrit, etc:
>>
>> http://forum.dlang.org/thread/kzjhkzskghqopvcnacla@forum.dlang.org
>
> Github is not enough?
>
> I have no practical experience with Gerrit. What does it offer 
> that Github does not?

Github's forks have no user relationship between forks. Each fork 
is logically seperated from every other in the sense I am talking 
about.

I'm visualizing a whole front end and back end system that 
supports development and project management not just a way to 
version projects.

The goal is to make it very easy for users to contribute. The 
easier it is the more users will contribute AND the more 
productive they will be.

For example, suppose I write my GC. How does that related to D? 
Sure I can push the changes to D's git repository but how does it 
relate? How do I communicate with those people that I am pushing 
to? How do I communicate with others working on similar 
projects(maybe I want to merge)? It is not easy with git. There 
is no real hierarchy involved exist the physical forking. Sure 
you can get emails of people or all get on the same forum but 
then you are dealing with non-related topics... sure you can 
create your own forum or have a sub-forum... but again, it isn't 
streamlined and hierarchical.

As I said, git could be used for each project but a front end 
would overlay it to "connect the dots" and be able to visualize 
the hierarchy and delve into all the projects, and when you 
contribute your own project it is integrated into the system 
naturally. Any pushes can be setup to automatically build into 
the system. (so if you make a GC one can setup the system to 
automatically compile it into D or if you make some tool it can 
automatically include it into the ide interface and/or installer)