On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 2:53 PM, John Reimer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Stewart, > >> John Reimer wrote: >> <snip> >>> >>> Good question. I think the new dwt release just inherited (or >>> hijacked) the title based on the release made by Shawn a couple of >>> years ago which was Phobos compatible. >>> >> So effectively, the Phobos-based DWT is what was passed off as the >> "standard D GUI library", and when the Tango-based DWT came about, it >> was erroneously labelled as the new "standard D GUI library". Really, >> while Tango DWT may have superseded Phobos DWT as being the DWT that's >> still actively maintained, Phobos DWT remains the SDGL. >> > > > Yes, I'm afraid that about sums it up... yet, if I may add, with Walter's > knowledge; so I think you jumped the gun by not consulting him first. But > I'm hoping, at the very least, that this discussion will remove any > inhibitions that Walter may have in making a statement on the matter. I > honestly don't feel comfortable forcing a Tango-based library on Walter and > having it capture the "standard" title. I agree that isn't fair, so I > actually appreciate that the matter came up. > > >>> I suppose it would be fair to fix this on the wiki. But, that said, >>> Walter hasn't said otherwise yet. :) >>> >> Done.... >> > > > You moved too fast for two reasons: > > 1) The old dwt is basically abandoned. You put it up at the top. Don't > you think you should put it under the abandoned group instead? 2) You > don't have enough information to go on to make that change, unless you have > dicussed this with Walter. Maybe he doesn't want to recognize the old DWT > as "standard" anymore, if it isn't actively developed. Maybe neither > library is "standard".
Walter has commented that he noticed how any time he christens a project as "standard" it seems to promptly die. So I think he's very reluctant to declare anything like that these days. I doubt those projects died because of him, but it also certainly didn't seem to help the projects either, so there's not much point in it. --bb
