Some standard protocols in Phobos

[bcs]

On 12/12/2011 08:17 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> On Monday, December 12, 2011 20:07:37 bcs wrote:
>> On 12/12/2011 04:55 AM, bearophile wrote:
>>> I think it will eventually become important to have some standard
>>> protocols in Phobos, like one for images like this:
>>> http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0368/
>>>
>>> Do you like?
>>>
>>> and similar ones for:
>>> - matrices
>>> - basic 2D pixel-oriented graphics.
>>> - basic database usage
>>>
>>> Bye,
>>> bearophile
>>
>> Likely the easiest way to ram that in in would be to pick one, design an
>> interface, implement 3-5 concrete examples and submit a pull request.
>> I.e. create a de-facto standard.
>>
>> I think there is already one in the works for DBs .
>
> A pull request would not be sufficient. Any major additions to Phobos must go
> through a review process on the newsgroup and be voted into Phobos.  Pull
> requests are generally for smaller additions and bug fixes rather than whole
> new modules and the like. So, unless you're talking about just a function or
> two here, then this kind of stuff is likely to require a formal review.

OK, so maybe I over simplified a bit and omitted to mention some of the 
later steps. :b

> That
> being said, the main way to get this kind of stuff into Phobos is to just
> buckle down and do it. If you're the first to come up with a new piece of
> functionality and are willing to work it through the review process, then you
> can get stuff added that way. If you sit around, hoping that someone else will
> do it, it may never happen.

Let me clarify what I was trying to say: What he said. :o)