Send me your list of D gripes and wishes

[GrimMaple]

On Sunday, 25 December 2022 at 15:58:55 UTC, GrimMaple wrote:
> On Sunday, 25 December 2022 at 07:47:19 UTC, Walter Bright 
> wrote:
>> On 12/24/2022 7:10 PM, Jonathan Marler wrote:
>>> I have alot of memories like this one from when I use to try 
>>> to fix issues with D. I have a passion about my tools being 
>>> correct, but, I found myself spending more time arguing with 
>>> people than writing code. It was miserable.
>>
>> I don't like arguing, either. I often spend more time arguing 
>> about a PR than developing it. I understand how frustrating 
>> this can be. I suppose it just comes with the territory when 
>> there are a lot of stakeholders doing reviews.
>
> If you don't like arguing, then just stop arguing.
>
>>
>>> Now I'm able to spend time doing what I love, writing 
>>> robust-maintainable software with good tooling. When there's 
>>> an issue with my toolchain, I'm able to submit a fix and it 
>>> gets merged. It's night and day for me. I don't understand 
>>> why there's was always so much disagreement/resistance when I 
>>> contributed to D, I suppose I may never know. No hard 
>>> feelings though, hope y'all are doing well.
>>
>> Your track record of successful merges is also very, very good 
>> and you should be proud of your achievements:
>>
>> https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pulls?page=1&q=is%3Apr+author%3Amarler8997+is%3Aclosed
>
> Getting PRs in should be an achievement, it should be a part of 
> working process. I also heavily dislike how you argue the 
> experience of getting PRs in by how much of them exist. If 
> people tell you their experience sucked, then you should listen 
> to it and try to improve it.

Of course, I meant it shouldn't be an achievement.