Worse than impolite

[DrDread]

On Saturday, 23 December 2023 at 20:17:29 UTC, Don Allen wrote:
> I have previously posted regarding my concerns about this 
> project, that it felt like a dysfunctional family. More 
> recently, I said I saw hopeful signs. Then I read the "D is our 
> last hope" thread.
>
> It is discouraging to me that I feel that I need to lecture 
> some of you about how to disagree. If you are an adult worthy 
> of the term and are also a software development professional, I 
> don't think it is too much to expect that the boundaries of 
> good taste and polite behavior will be respected. I am not 
> seeing that here. Calling the leader of the project a "stubborn 
> fool" is just not the way to make your concerns known (I do not 
> intend to point the finger at one person here; I am using this 
> as an example of other posts that I think have crossed the 
> taste/civility line). I have my own disagreements with some of 
> Walter's decisions, but the fact is that without him, this 
> project wouldn't exist. And if you don't like the way he runs 
> it and can't convince him that you are correct, then you have 
> options that would reflect far better on you than name-calling.
>
> /Don Allen

the problem is, all of this is not news. we've been at the exact 
same point before and nothing is done to change it. D is still 
losing contributors because the guys in charge pretend the 
problem does not exist. D is losing contributors simply because 
their contributions are not getting the deserved consideration 
and attention.

see this thread for example: 
https://forum.dlang.org/post/ncbawciyybdksecurmsc@forum.dlang.org