Please vote on std.datetime

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 12/10/10 11:55 AM, Kagamin wrote:
> Bernard Helyer Wrote:
>
>> std.gregorian's API doesn't
>> make my normal tasks easy
>
> What tasks do you mean?

Probably not even worth discussing. std.gregorian was a stub aimed at 
raising awareness of the necessity of a champion for a date and time 
framework. Apparently one indeed rose to the challenge :o).

std.gregorian will be eliminated by std.datetime. I am confident there 
was no significant usage of it.

I'll close the vote today around 16:00 PST so Walter can prepare a 
release soon (it is about time with this major addition and 70+ bug 
fixes). If no seismic counter-argument comes about (but please do voice 
it if you know of one!) I see it likely that std.datetime will be 
accepted, modulo a few concerns that can be addressed via the normal 
maintenance and enhancement process.

Contingent to the acceptance of std.datetime, I think it's fit to extend 
an invitation to Jonathan to join the ranks of Phobos committers. After 
all he will have written 25% of it, and in a single file no less :o). 
(klickeverbot: I agree the large file size can become a burden in more 
than one way going forward, but we can defer the many possible solutions 
to the time when such problems manifest themselves.)

In my opinion Jonathan has earned the Phobos invite by displaying 
reliability, persistence, maturity (danger of drunken commits at 3AM on 
Saturday is seemingly low), and of course great skill and understanding 
of D and its environment. If you have any concerns about this, please 
either post here or write me email in confidence.


Thanks,

Andrei