Excellent work! Hopefully, this will become a nucleus for a D library similar to Boost.

Brad Anderson wrote:
> http://www.dsource.org
> 
> J.C. Calvarese and I have been throwing together a website to host D projects.  It has been mentioned previously in the NG here, but with little follow-up.  As usual, jobs and other real-world stuff delayed us, but we finally have at least the framework of a site and wanted to ask everyone to pay us a quick visit.
> 
> The site is very young and growing.  Our goal is not to duplicate SourceForge, but rather to build a community of active projects for D. Your suggestions will shape the site, so don't be shy (not that I think anyone in the NG is shy).
> 
> Anyone wanting to host a project will have to bear with us.  There are no automated tools to set up a project.  I will be building the scripts and pages to do this as the first few projects come aboard.
> 
> The company I work for has generously donated some bandwidth, but I fear this is not infinite.  I would like nothing more than to see this site become large enough to move out of our offices and require its own server space somewhere.
> 
> Now maybe I can take a break from PHP and web stuff so I can get back to D.  Something about an SWT port rings some bells...
> 
> Cheers,
> Brad

In article <c435ig$1vcm$2@digitaldaemon.com>, Brad Anderson says...
>
>http://www.dsource.org
>

It looks very nice.

unfortunatly the forums are the worst I ever saw.
(I used them to post and read messages for a few weeks now)

(I hope that the suggestions to move this ng to a forum don't mean something like the forums at dsource).

Ant

> unfortunatly the forums are the worst I ever saw.

I like the forums , very clean.  What do you consider a good forum ?

C

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 12:58:51 +0000 (UTC), Ant <Ant_member@pathlink.com> wrote:

> In article <c435ig$1vcm$2@digitaldaemon.com>, Brad Anderson says...
>>
>> http://www.dsource.org
>>
>
> It looks very nice.
>
> unfortunatly the forums are the worst I ever saw.
> (I used them to post and read messages for a few weeks now)
>
> (I hope that the suggestions to move this ng to a forum
> don't mean something like the forums at dsource).
>
> Ant
>
>



-- 
D Newsgroup.

Ant wrote:

> In article <c435ig$1vcm$2@digitaldaemon.com>, Brad Anderson says...
> 
>>http://www.dsource.org
>>
> 
> 
> It looks very nice.
> 
> unfortunatly the forums are the worst I ever saw.
> (I used them to post and read messages for a few weeks now)
> 
> (I hope that the suggestions to move this ng to a forum
> don't mean something like the forums at dsource).
> 
> Ant
> 
> 

phpBB which is the system used by dsource's forum is AFAIK _the_
most used forum on the net. It's very easy, very customizable,
full of features (if you want to use them) and IMO great.

I still like the NG very much, though.

Btw: Do others have problems with www.dsource.org today? Seems like
it don't receive my requests. Pinging times out, at least.

Lars Ivar Igesund

In article <c4c1rr$od8$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Lars Ivar Igesund says...
>
>Ant wrote:
>
>> In article <c435ig$1vcm$2@digitaldaemon.com>, Brad Anderson says...
>> 
>>>http://www.dsource.org
>>>
>> 
>> 
>> It looks very nice.
>> 
>> unfortunatly the forums are the worst I ever saw.
>> (I used them to post and read messages for a few weeks now)
>> 
>> (I hope that the suggestions to move this ng to a forum don't mean something like the forums at dsource).
>> 
>> Ant
>> 
>> 
>
>phpBB which is the system used by dsource's forum is AFAIK _the_ most used forum on the net. It's very easy, very customizable, full of features (if you want to use them) and IMO great.

then I guess Brad and John didn't have the time yet...
I used other forums of that type (can't tell if exactly the same)
that weren't as bad. (are we drifting from D conversation...)

>
>I still like the NG very much, though.

I'm just afraid that people think phpBB (whatever) forums are better. people get blind by things like the avatars and different color quotes.

>
>Btw: Do others have problems with www.dsource.org today? Seems like it don't receive my requests. Pinging times out, at least.

yep...

Ant

Site is back up.

I'll track down why it was not responding last night.    I was home and can't restart it remotely (SSH wasn't responding either).

BA

Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:
> Ant wrote:
> 
>> In article <c435ig$1vcm$2@digitaldaemon.com>, Brad Anderson says...
>>
>>> http://www.dsource.org
>>>
>>
>>
>> It looks very nice.
>>
>> unfortunatly the forums are the worst I ever saw.
>> (I used them to post and read messages for a few weeks now)
>>
>> (I hope that the suggestions to move this ng to a forum
>> don't mean something like the forums at dsource).
>>
>> Ant
>>
>>
> 
> phpBB which is the system used by dsource's forum is AFAIK _the_
> most used forum on the net. It's very easy, very customizable,
> full of features (if you want to use them) and IMO great.
> 
> I still like the NG very much, though.
> 
> Btw: Do others have problems with www.dsource.org today? Seems like
> it don't receive my requests. Pinging times out, at least.
> 
> Lars Ivar Igesund

In article <opr5oo4yjwehmtou@localhost>, C says...
>
>> unfortunatly the forums are the worst I ever saw.
>
>I like the forums , very clean.  What do you consider a good forum ?
>

Did you tried to follow a conversation?
most of the screen space if just that... space, empty.
it's impossible to clearly see the tree of replys,
Did you try to post a reply?
it's very difficult to embed your comments.
Why the avatars? As soon as possible I'll remove those
from my customized view.
(as I do on other forums that type).
(Ok, I had an avatar on another forum...:( but I removed it)

I'm just afraid those forums are taking over...
I guess they are usefull for web based discussions,
just need a carefull customization.
(we're drifting from D discussions)

Ant

Ant wrote:
> In article <c4c1rr$od8$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Lars Ivar Igesund says...
> 
>>Ant wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In article <c435ig$1vcm$2@digitaldaemon.com>, Brad Anderson says...
>>>
>>>
>>>>http://www.dsource.org
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>It looks very nice.
>>>
>>>unfortunatly the forums are the worst I ever saw.
>>>(I used them to post and read messages for a few weeks now)
>>>
>>>(I hope that the suggestions to move this ng to a forum
>>>don't mean something like the forums at dsource).
>>>
>>>Ant
>>>
>>>
>>
>>phpBB which is the system used by dsource's forum is AFAIK _the_
>>most used forum on the net. It's very easy, very customizable,
>>full of features (if you want to use them) and IMO great.
> 
> 
> then I guess Brad and John didn't have the time yet...
> I used other forums of that type (can't tell if exactly the same)
> that weren't as bad. (are we drifting from D conversation...)
> 

Just to straighten people out here.  I had nothing to do with the dsource site creation.  All the hard work of building that wonderful site was the result of the efforts of Brad and Justin (jcc7).  I just kind of got on the forum early because I was helping with DWT.  So...as much as I'd like to take credit for it... I had no involvement at all. Brad did talk to me intially about it, but I lacked the skills necessary...sooo...

> I'm just afraid that people think phpBB (whatever) forums are better.
> people get blind by things like the avatars and different color
> quotes.
> 

I like both ways. But I actually really like the phpBB forums.  It's a whole different layout style; quoting and styling is much more powerful than possible here.

I would say both the forum and the newsgroup have their own important place.  This newsgroup most definitely should remain here for very D centered topics.  But the dsource forum helps keep the newsgroup from being overloaded with issues related to D projects.  Whenever a D centered issue arises, we say "go post it on the newsgroup so Walter can see it."  So it's an excellent way of filtering material.

That said,  I believe this newsgroup probably should never be replaced with an outside forum.  It's doing well as it is, but it's getting heavily loaded with issues better worked on elsewhere.  Also, given the number of "newbie" questions that repeatedly surface here, I think the dsource.org forum can handle those better.  It's getting a little tiresome seeing the same questions asked here: printf and use of "%.*s" ; trying to access an uninitialized class reference (need to "class A= new A;" before using; etc.  Hopefully the ready access of the d tutorials at www.dsource.org can fix that problem.

Just an opinion,

John

In article <c4cfuc$1g2c$1@digitaldaemon.com>, John Reimer says...
>
>Ant wrote:
>>>>It looks very nice.
>>>>
>>>>unfortunatly the forums are the worst I ever saw.
>>>>(I used them to post and read messages for a few weeks now)
>>>>
>>>>(I hope that the suggestions to move this ng to a forum don't mean something like the forums at dsource).
>>>>
>>>>Ant
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>phpBB which is the system used by dsource's forum is AFAIK _the_ most used forum on the net. It's very easy, very customizable, full of features (if you want to use them) and IMO great.
>> 
>> 
>> then I guess Brad and John didn't have the time yet...
>> I used other forums of that type (can't tell if exactly the same)
>> that weren't as bad. (are we drifting from D conversation...)
>> 
>
>Just to straighten people out here.  I had nothing to do with the dsource site creation.

sorry, John.

I also notice I'm making only bitter comments latelly.
I appologise. I believe it's because my Canadian citizenship
process is not moving, it's making me crazy! :(
Every month I get a little madder. just A couple weeks
ago I knew of another process that took 6 months only.
mine is going on 2 years almost...
I'm feeling so bad about this that I even allow myself
to post it here!
this is also why I'm so concern about my english skills.

so, now you know guys, sorry.

I sign "Ant" because I didn't want to give clues on
my original country, I have nothing good to say about it.
I think I better get over it.

Antonio

Antonio wrote:
> In article <c4cfuc$1g2c$1@digitaldaemon.com>, John Reimer says...
> 
>>Ant wrote:
>>
>>>>>It looks very nice.
>>>>>
>>>>>unfortunatly the forums are the worst I ever saw.
>>>>>(I used them to post and read messages for a few weeks now)
>>>>>
>>>>>(I hope that the suggestions to move this ng to a forum
>>>>>don't mean something like the forums at dsource).
>>>>>
>>>>>Ant
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>phpBB which is the system used by dsource's forum is AFAIK _the_
>>>>most used forum on the net. It's very easy, very customizable,
>>>>full of features (if you want to use them) and IMO great.
>>>
>>>
>>>then I guess Brad and John didn't have the time yet...
>>>I used other forums of that type (can't tell if exactly the same)
>>>that weren't as bad. (are we drifting from D conversation...)
>>>
>>
>>Just to straighten people out here.  I had nothing to do with the dsource site creation.
> 
> 
> sorry, John.
> 
> I also notice I'm making only bitter comments latelly.
> I appologise. I believe it's because my Canadian citizenship
> process is not moving, it's making me crazy! :(
> Every month I get a little madder. just A couple weeks
> ago I knew of another process that took 6 months only.
> mine is going on 2 years almost...

sorry to hear that. good luck with this.

> I'm feeling so bad about this that I even allow myself
> to post it here!
> this is also why I'm so concern about my english skills.
> 
> so, now you know guys, sorry.
> 
> I sign "Ant" because I didn't want to give clues on
> my original country, I have nothing good to say about it.
> I think I better get over it.
> 
> Antonio


-- 
Justin
http://jcc_7.tripod.com/d/