Proposal : aggregated dlang git repository

[Mathias LANG via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 10 February 2015 at 06:22:51 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
>
> Well I have to say something.
>
> This proposal is a good example of a cultural lore we should 
> unlearn: high-churn, low-impact changes. 
> https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/896 is 
> another example. Meaning changes with a large surface that 
> rewire vast areas, yet result in only dingy improvements.

I was quite surprised with your post, as you seemed on board with 
this idea last year 
(https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11792).

> Why? Why are so many of us dedicating so much energy to 
> tweaking what already works, instead of tackling real problems? 
> Problems that e.g. - pardon my being pedantic - are in the 
> vision document?
>

We do have a strong syndrome of NIH in this community, but I 
don't think it's the issue here.
You mentionned in a thread the vision documentation was stuff you 
and Walter were working on, rather than "TODO list" for 
contributors.
I think what we need ATM is not a vision, but milestones. What's 
outlined in the doc has little value for someone who wants to 
contribute.

IMO the agenda ( horribly outdated: http://wiki.dlang.org/Agenda 
) is more important than the vision if you want people to work on 
a specific area.

You'll measure success more effectively if you are able to 
quantify (and consequently, tell you you're done with) a task. I 
don't see any of the points mentionned in the vision document as 
something that can be "ticked off". Beside "Create a D Language 
Foundation", but I can't do it myself.