GNU-D opens up shop

[Hasan Aljudy]

kris wrote:
> Hasan Aljudy wrote:
> 
>> kris wrote:
>>
>>> Gabe McArthur wrote:
>>>
>>>> I haven't really overlooked dsource.org.  In fact I've been going 
>>>> over it quite
>>>> a bit.  I really like what dsource is trying to accomplish, and I'm 
>>>> not trying
>>>> to overshadow them or detract from what they are doing.  
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What exactly is stopping anyone, including you, from doing what you 
>>> describe at dsource?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Instead, I want to put
>>>> a spotlight on a problem in a way that the relatively loose 
>>>> collection of
>>>> libraries on dsource simply doesn't address -- namely, bringing many 
>>>> people
>>>> together around one project -- a project who's sole focus is usability.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I see. And this requires splitting away from dsource.org, and must be
>>> handled under the banner of GNU. O.k.a.y. Doesn't that sound like a 
>>> shallow sales-pitch to you? Like a book-purchase link?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> D Source is *NOT* the official or the one and only place for D projects.
>>
>> IMHO, having /more/ websites dedicated to the D programming language 
>> is for the better.
> 
> 
> 
> That's right. But that's a different aspect altogether -- the original 
> question remains: why does building a set of cohesive libraries require 
> a new host/site? Why can't that be done on dsource.org ?

That's a good question.
I think that if you have a vision, you must be the leader in order to 
achieve that vision.
Gabe seems to have a vision, he cannot realize that vision on 
dsource.org, there for he's trying to create a new movement among the 
community, where he is the leader that directs everyone to achieve the 
vision that he has.