DSource (Was: Re: Moving to D )

[Bruno Medeiros]

On 28/01/2011 13:13, Daniel Gibson wrote:
> Am 28.01.2011 14:07, schrieb Bruno Medeiros:
>> On 07/01/2011 00:34, David Nadlinger wrote:
>>> On 1/6/11 11:47 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>> Mercurial on dsource.org …
>>>
>>> Personally, I'd really like to persuade Walter, you, and whoever else
>>> actually decides this to consider hosting the main repository at an
>>> external place like GitHub or Mercurial, because DSource has been having
>>> some real troubles with stability, although it got slightly better again
>>> recently. The problem is somewhat alleviated when using a DVCS, but
>>> having availabilities the main source repositories is not quite the best
>>> form of advertisement for a language.
>>>
>>> Additionally, the UI of GitHub supports the scenario where only a few
>>> people (or Walter alone) actually have commit/push access to the main
>>> repository really well through cheap forks which stay logically
>>> connected to he main repository and merge requests. The ability to make
>>> comments on specific (lines in) commits, also in combination with pull
>>> requests, is awesome as well.
>>>
>>
>> I have to agree and reiterate this point. The issue of whether it is worthwhile
>> for D to move to a DVCS (and which one of the two) is definitely a good thing to
>> consider, but the issue of DSource vs. other code hosting sites is also quite a
>> relevant one. (And not just for DMD but for any project.)
>>
>> I definitely thank Brad for his support and work on DSource, however I question
>> if it is the best way to go for medium or large-sized D projects. Other hosting
>> sites will simply offer better/more features and/or support, stability, less
>> bugs, spam-protection, etc..
>> What we have here is exactly the same issue of NIH syndrome vs DRY, but applied
>> to hosting and development infrastructure instead of the code itself. But I
>> think the principle applies just the same.
>>
>
> D has already moved to github, see D.announce :)


I know, I know. :)  (I am up-to-date on D.announce, just not on "D" and 
"D.bugs")
I still wanted to make that point though. First, for retrospection, but 
also because it may still apply to a few other DSource projects (current 
or future ones).

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Bruno Medeiros - Software Engineer