On 18 June 2015 at 16:43, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d < digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
> Thanks all for the feedback; a follow up is in order seeing as there are a > few misunderstandings of the situation. > > First off, framing this matter as impinging on someone's vacation is a > misinterpretation. Taking time off has nothing to do with it - anyone > should. Just Walter, myself, the "This Week in D" author, and the release > manager please let us know so things can be planned accordingly. > > To thrive, we need to expand the inner circle of folks who are closely > involved with D to the extent the community knows why they're missing when > they're missing. Currently that circle includes only Walter and myself; if > either of us would go dark for weeks without the other (and others) > knowing, that'd be worrisome. > > To wit, I wrote this to Martin and Walter on May 31st: > > ==== > Today is May 31st, so we're entering the last month of H1. I'd like to get > an early start on updating the vision document, and before creating yet > another rambling thread on the forum I thought we should start between the > three of us. > > What do you guys think would be the main points to attack in H2? Martin, > it's particularly important to hear from you. > ==== > > I hope it's clearer that it was quite unsettling to not hear back about > that or anything else. > > Regarding the volunteer vs. paid employee aspect - clearly that's a > problem. All I can do now is work on the foundation and hope to find > sponsors that would allow us to pay the release manager, the keeper of > "This Week in D" and others. > > About the privacy aspect - the forum post came after repeated fruitless > attempts of private contact. Addressing matters in person, privately, is of > course the right way and the one I've tried through all channels I could > think of. > > Building the process is a difficult and very important job. It stands to > reason, then, that we need several folks who can do it and cover > contingencies. Martin and I are in talks about building this release > together; it would be great if we could get a broader participation. > > There's one more note of interest: > > This is off-putting for me as someone who is getting steadily more >> involved in D, what other implicit contracts do you think we've all >> signed? >> > > None, of course. Far as I can tell the dynamics are as follows: > > * Walter and I can be counted on being around barring announced absences > or exceptional circumstances. > > * Adam D. Ruppe, Walter, and I discussed that there will be consistency of > "This Week in D". Announced outages are fine, "I'll do it when/if I get to > it" is not. > > * The release managers should be counted on for planning and reliably > carrying the release. I am now sorry I wasn't clearer about that. > > * There are a few folks with particularly important roles: Iain (GDC), Kai > (LDC), Brad (autotester), and Vladimir (forum and a variety of tools). If > any of these would suddenly leave, the community would be in difficulty. > They work independently and I wish we found ways to pay them and coordinate > better with them, but there is no implied or express expectation. > > > Not just GDC, but the whole GNU toolchain support for D too. Iain