We are forking D

[BlueBeach]

On Tuesday, 9 January 2024 at 13:22:08 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:

> ... See druntime.
I'm not familiar with this case. It is part of the DMD 
repository. Can you link/give a little more background?

> A bit of competition is usually a good thing. It's also not 
> like the two projects have no synergies,
 From what I understand one of the grievances of OP is the slow 
processing of PRs. If thats really the case, the effect of 
synergies by exchange is hindered.

> Well, the stubbornly different understanding of technical 
> details of DIP1027 vs DIP1038e is the final straw that spawned 
> the fork.
There is nothing wrong with going into detail making when you 
make your point. But the discussion was conducted in way that 
gave the impression of a serious lack of awareness as of the 
'where' (in a thread discussing a fork, created mainly because of 
non-technical reasons) and the 'who' (in a thread red by a lot of 
people most of them not primarily interested in a conflict about 
escape characters). To be honest it struck me as rather arrogant 
and ignorant than particulary savvy.

> Also, more senior dlang people tend to use e.g. thunderbird 
> rather than forum.dlang.org, with a threaded view.
If thats a reason on how the discussion is conducted I would 
adress that.

> Walter opened a new thread now.
That is very good. I think this distinction of organisational and 
technical issues is important and frankly I don't quite 
understand the problem with it. It seems to me the immediate 
reaction from Dlangs leadership is to deny or downplay the 
organisational aspect by jumping immmediatly and with great vigor 
into technical sophistry whithout any real need. On the one side 
it is fascinating on the other hand it also quite sad.