Broken?

[Brad Anderson]

On Tuesday, 11 March 2014 at 17:47:56 UTC, Steve Teale wrote:
> What D needs at this point is a dictator. There are about 30 
> pages of discussion about Walter's std.array.front post, and 
> Steve S's counter post.
>
> It reminds me of the way it was maybe 4 years ago, when there 
> was so much bickering that I just gave up for some time, and 
> went away. Who is going to go through all that stuff, and 
> winnow a compromise out of it. Everyone has a job, or some 
> vital preoccupation with their own project.
>
> The buck has to stop somewhere - is it Walter, or Andrei, or 
> can any proposal or comment be stalled by sheer weight of 
> contrary views?
>
> This is probably a management issue, not a technical one. 
> Trouble is there's no manager, and even if their was, he'd have 
> no minions.
>
> What to do?
>
> Steve

I think the only thing lacking—and some people already alluded to 
this—is a formalized DIP process that results in acceptance or 
rejection. The DIPs are kind of becoming an idea graveyard. The 
long community discussions are just a sign of a health community 
trying to address hard problems with no clear right or wrong 
answer. I'm happy with the leadership roles D has. They tend to 
only step in on serious matters, not little disagreements over 
design decisions that don't affect the big picture. A much more 
heavy handed approach would probably alienate the community.

http://wiki.dlang.org/DIPs