Moving towards D2 2.061 (and D1 1.076)

[deadalnix]

On Friday, 14 December 2012 at 01:37:22 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 12/13/2012 4:55 PM, deadalnix wrote:
>> You'll go nowhere without a community.
>
> And we need major users, too.
>

Indeed ! That why I'm all for supporting such user, and I'm 
pretty most people that are unhappy with the situation will agree.

The way it is done is problematic, because the community is kept 
out. Choice are made that nobody can understand, because nobody 
have the knowledge necessary to understand.

> It's a balancing act. And I wish to point out, again, that the 
> design was based on extensive discussion threads right here in 
> the ng, and the design was modified based on feedback right 
> here in the ng. So to say the community was uninvolved in this 
> is incorrect, it is very much a community design.
>

Yes, and that is great. However, discussion can't really replace 
field testing. And we are a bit short on that one.It seems we 
don't have much choice right now :/

> And, if you recall, I was initially opposed to UDAs and 
> skeptical they'd be of any actual use :-)

Ho, this is really useful, and I'm really happy that you changed 
your mind on that.