On Friday, 30 August 2024 at 13:49:09 UTC, Dukc wrote:
All this (the whole summary, not just this paragraph) sounds
like you (especially Walter but not just him) still weigh
community opinion on the DIPs far less than it'd be wise. I get
it, it isn't a democracy, but nonetheless how much you respect
the opinions of regular users heavily affects the popularity of
the foundation and the language. It ought to be only in very
rare special cases that you decide against an overwhelming
opinion. I see a bit improvement in understanding this point,
maybe thanks to IVY, but not as much as I'd like.
Sorry for being harsh. I appreciate that you still keep writing
these summaries.
I can't understand how that's the impression you get from this. I
was looking for a solution that would find a balance between the
"dictatorial" aspect of approving DIPs authored by Walter and
Atila and the input of the community when a DIP is unpopular.
I think what we've settled on will help with that. Had something
like this been in place when that safe-by-default DIP was
proposed, I expect the outcome would have been very different. It
wouldn't have made it to approval without modification. That's
the point here.
