On Sun, Jun 09, 2024 at 07:45:22PM -0400, Martin Blais wrote:
> I'm hoping to restart v3 in Rust at some point and to maybe write a
> proto generator for a Rust-native data structure at that time.  Well,
> you know, probably in retirement if I'm realistic, unless someone else
> does it.

The current v2/v3 split is very bad for the Beancount community right
now. If there is an existential risk for this (amazing!) community, it
lies there. I can elaborate on why I think that's the case, but I'd
rather focus on positive/actionable stuff. It's great that you
acknowledge publicly you won't have the time to do it yourself in the
near future. But I don't feel anyone feels empowered right now to
proceed with the Rust re-implementation of v3 you suggest. I think it
needs to be advertised clearly that there is a need to do so and you, as
Beancount leader, approve of that plan. Maybe a ROADMAP document
somewhere, or a pinned issue on GitHub clearly saying so. It won't take
a lot of time, but would be really beneficial for the community.

Cheers
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