<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 7:26 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:digitalmars-d@puremagic.com" target="_blank">digitalmars-d@puremagic.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span>On 1/1/15 10:45 AM, Joseph Rushton Wakeling via Digitalmars-d wrote:<br>
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On 29/12/14 05:13, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d wrote:<br>
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I did want to say something about this. I've given a close read to the<br>
"Lost a<br>
new commercial user this week" thread, through and through. It seems I've<br>
identified a problem that belongs to us. ("Us" is a vacuous term<br>
meaning "the<br>
leaders of the D community").<br>
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My initial read of your complaint went like this: it's about Windows<br>
(I don't<br>
even have an installation), it's about vibe.d (haven't used it yet),<br>
and it's<br>
also discussing documentation (which is something we can indeed<br>
improve and I<br>
know how to). So a large part of the problem wasn't even mine to work on.<br>
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Others harbored similar perceptions. The corollary has been that<br>
essentially<br>
you're asking them to stop working on D aspects they do care about and<br>
start<br>
working on D aspects you and others care about - all on their free time.<br>
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A few thoughts on this. (This turned a bit longer than expected in the<br>
writing, so I've highlighted some TL;DR sections to highlight key ideas.)<br>
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Good stuff, thanks. Question about this:<span><br>
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TL;DR: I think it would be good to have a strong community guideline<br>
that people are not to be criticized or treated badly for having<br>
requests or suggestions, even if they are not willing to implement<br>
them themselves. The quid pro quo is that it's necessary to be<br>
(calmly) candid with people about the limits of _only_ contributing<br>
ideas or requests: "You can ask but not demand".<br>
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What would be an appropriate place to put this?<br>
</blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">We could post an FAQ or something FAQ-like every month or so, including things like "can I ask for things I want?" or "what should I post to each forum?".<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">LMB<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></div>