DIP1028 - Rationale for accepting as is

[Joseph Rushton Wakeling]

On Friday, 22 May 2020 at 01:22:19 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> I have made these points before, but I'll summarize them here
> for convenient referral.

Thanks Walter.  I really appreciate you taking the time to do 
this, as it's obviously no fun to be getting a big tide of 
negativity in this way.

> This is Obviously A Good Idea. Why would I oppose it?
>
> 1. I've been hittin' the crack pipe again.
> 2. I was secretly convinced, but wanted to save face.
> 3. I make decisions based on consultation with my astrologer.
> 4. I am evil.

... wait, we don't ALL make decision like that? :-)

In seriousness: I really, really wish that everyone throwing 
around personal attacks would take a moment to stop and think 
about the consequences of pursuing this kind of discourse: it 
distracts from the technical, practical and organizational issues 
at hand, it creates a worse mood than exists already, and 
generally makes it harder to have a constructive conversation 
around the core disagreements here.

It is perfectly possible to critique the decision taken, or the 
way in which it was taken, or to voice personal frustrations, 
without casting aspersions on the decision-maker.

With the rationale laid out clearly as it is here, I do have some 
responses in mind.  But before sharing them, I'd like to know 
whether that would be useful right now: I've no wish to just 
press for a re-hashing of conversations that have already been 
had.