On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:39:55 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > Nick Sabalausky wrote: >> "bearophile" <[email protected]> wrote in message >> news:[email protected]... >>> Before adding a feature X let's discuss them, ... If not enough people >>> like a solution then let's not add it. >> >> Something like that was attempted once before. Andrei didn't like what we >> had to say, got huffy, and withdrew from the discussion. Stay tuned for the >> exciting sequel where the feature goes ahead as planned anyway, and our >> protagonists get annoyed that people still have objections to it. > > Put yourself in my place. What would you do? Honest. Sometimes I find it > difficult to find the right mix of being honest, being technically > accurate, being polite, and not wasting too much time explaining myself. > > Andrei
Ditto. We know that the development of the D language is not a democratic process, and that's fine. Really, it is. However, clear rationale for decisions made would go a long way to helping reduce dissent, as would some pre-announcements to avoid surprises. By the way, I appreciate that you guys are now closing off bugzilla issues before the release of their fix implementation. It a good heads-up and demonstrates activity in between releases. Well done. -- Derek Parnell Melbourne, Australia skype: derek.j.parnell
