"Getting involved" on dlang.org?

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 12/02/2015 04:22 PM, bachmeier wrote:
> On Wednesday, 2 December 2015 at 16:54:56 UTC, Chris wrote:
>> Good that we're talking about this now. Maybe the D leadership is not
>> aware of this. Too many little annoyances that keep people from
>> contributing.
>
> I'm going to guess that they are probably not aware of it.

There is awareness. Good documentation is something we know we need and 
is an ideal to live into.

Problem is prioritizing. I must be spending cumulatively a couple of 
hours everyday just deciding what to work on next. Forty-six emails are 
waiting in my Inbox, earliest from September; most likely their senders 
either have long forgotten about them, or are wondering about my 
manners. But each is nontrivial. Some are one mini-project each, and 
some are major projects in themselves.

There are occasional mini-fires on the forum, and literally I could fill 
every day with work suggested on the forum. I'm trying to delegate as 
best I can. As is widely known around here, that works only sometimes, 
and sadly not always things are done the way I'd wish are.

At the same time my mind is burning at both ends with work on the 
containers. Which are going to be awesome. There's so much going on, I 
find myself scheming and running calculations first time I open eyes in 
the morning (actually even before :o)) and last time before I fall asleep.

In this context, it's very difficult for me to think, "Sure, the best 
work of my life can wait. Now let me sit down and write a good tutorial."

I thought dedicating my time to D will make things much easier - but in 
fact the added focus and productivity only piles more things on the plate!


Andrei