Is dsource .org completely deserted?

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Kapps" <opantm2+spam at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:gvuqhcqczjqmdtpsagrj at forum.dlang.org...
> It would be nice to make a replacement to dsource. There's a fair few 
> problems with it. For one, people prefer hosting their source on Github or 
> Bitbucket or such, it's silly to try and get people to use your own source 
> control hosting instead of just pointing to one of those.

I firmly believe that GitHub/BitBucket/etc-style features need to be 
standard *protocols*, not features bundled inseparably to project hosting. 
What the hell is this, 1980 all over again where data is routinely tied 
inseparably to the software it originated from?

It makes *no* sense for GitHub/BitBucket to be designed so that:

1. Forking/Pull requests/etc are all isolated from other project hosting 
providers (It's *DISTRIBUTED* fucking version control, for christsakes!), 
and

2. Interfaces [very, very VERY sloooow and half-broken ones] are tied to the 
project hosting site/software.

It's like that twitface shit all over again (ie, all that "walled-off 
sub-internets" bullshit), or those god-awful "web photo-viewer" programs, 
but with programmers - exactly the people who *should know better*. This is 
2012, there's *no* excuse for software design blunders that were already 
going out of date 30 fucking years ago.

Of course, such anachronisms will never be reverted so long as the "cell and 
internet generation" is still around...

> Another would be to integrate package manager stuff when one is available. 
> And, most importantly, to prioritize active projects and focus out dead 
> projects automatically.
>

I agree, such things would be nice. There also needs to be proper use of 
HTTPS for logins/sessions, and automated creation of new projects.