Why Phobos is cool

[Chris]

On Saturday, 27 June 2020 at 20:29:22 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 6/27/2020 5:07 AM, Avrina wrote:
>>> Many D community members have stepped up at their own 
>>> initiative to become the leader of various parts.
>> Go ahead and list some. I already have a feeling I know what 
>> the trend is going to be like.
>
> Rainer does the Win64 and VS support. Brad Roberts initiated, 
> built, and ran the test servers for many years. He did bugzilla 
> too. Iain does GDC. The LDC team is entirely self-selected. 
> Jacob does the Objective-C support. Vladimir wrote the Dforum 
> software (and many other indispensable tools). And on and on 
> for nearly every part of the D system.
>
> You want something to happen? Step up and make it happen.

The point is actually that some aspects of D should be taken care 
of directly by the DLF to guarantee continuity and stability. 
What if a contributor leaves the project? What are you gonna do 
then? Volunteers can work on libraries or interfaces to other 
languages, but there are essential parts that should have 
guaranteed LTS from the DLF. I'd say that first class LDC 
integration along with cross platform support should be one of 
the top priorities. You cannot just sit and wait till somebody 
steps up or hope that nobody drops out. That's gambling.

Also, if you rely on volunteers to do important work, the DLF 
might revise its approach to communicating with them. A lot of 
people have left over the way they were being treated and 
projects have been discontinued, and yet the DLF seems to shrug 
it off every time this happens instead of doing some 
introspection. (As a side note: it is of course ironic when 
members of the DLF complain about lack of support and gratitude, 
when they have no qualms about stonewalling enthusiastic 
contributors. Quelle ironie!)

Anyway, chances are that ARM will decide the fate of D.