DIP Reviews: Discussion vs. Feedback

[bachmeier]

On Monday, 3 February 2020 at 22:28:32 UTC, IGotD- wrote:
> On Monday, 3 February 2020 at 19:57:54 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
>> I'm creating this thread in case some aren't aware of this:
>>
>> https://dlang.org/blog/2020/01/26/dip-reviews-discussion-vs-feedback/
>>
>> Please use the discussion thread for discussion. Don't reply 
>> to posts in the feedback thread unless you're the DIP author. 
>> (I think that's the rule.) I've noticed people violating the 
>> new rules and their posts are being deleted.
>
> There is a fine line between discussions and feedback. It is 
> not that obvious what is OT and what is not. I consider this 
> also to be a limitation of the forum SW which is just a news 
> group. If someone is going too OT, then a moderator can choose 
> to delete the post or put it in a new thread but how much 
> control does this forum give to a moderator. Modern forum SW 
> has an option to move several posts to a new or existing thread.

My understanding is that they've started the discussion threads 
so that everyone can say whatever they want related to the DIP. 
The feedback threads have a different purpose.