obsolete D libraries/modules

[Ramon]

Apologies if this is the wrong forum or even the wrong place but 
it seems to me there is a kind of tight connection between dlang 
and dsource.org (to which the following relates).

I can perfectly well understand that any group around a not yet 
globally known language with a not yet richly endowed assortment 
of libraries isn't eager to push the kill button on 3rd 
party/user created modules.

And yes, it sure gives a new user a warm nice feeling to discover 
lots of available modules (which after all translates to a quick 
start and efficiency for many taskS).

Let me, however, also share my experience and feelings as a 
(exited and pleased) newbie to D when one finds out that what 
seems to be easily 2/3rd of seemingly available modules are 
"dead, exitus, this bird is passed away, gone, dead, and only 
sitting there because someone drove a nail through the poor 
animal" or, at best optimistically pre-early-alpha (speaking with 
a friendly grin).

Feels like a 16 ton weight coming down (if I may borrow again 
from Python, here).

And there is another unpleasant side effect: It doesn't feel 
profoundly attractive to write something and put it in between 
all those dead parrots.

I'd like to suggest therefore that we begin to mildly weed out 
dead or stuck-in-dream stage modules or at least discreetly mark 
them as RIP.

In case someone is interested in what disappointed me most, it's 
hto2 and bcd-gen, bot of which address an important need and both 
of which don't look healthy and useful.
This is particularly troublesome as "make C libs work in D" type 
tools are essential in any effort to bring D forward in the world 
out there.

In case someone feels like hitting me: Hold it. This thread was 
written with good intention and the honest worry that a lack of 
libs and a lack of some support for bringing in C stuff might 
turn out to be regrettable bumps in the road.

A+ -R