dmd 1.046 and 2.031 releases

[Derek Parnell]

On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:39:55 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

> Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> "bearophile" <bearophileHUGS at lycos.com> wrote in message 
>> news:h3093m$2mu6$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>> Before adding a feature X let's discuss them, ... If not enough people 
>>> like a solution then let's not add it.
>> 
>> Something like that was attempted once before. Andrei didn't like what we 
>> had to say, got huffy, and withdrew from the discussion. Stay tuned for the 
>> exciting sequel where the feature goes ahead as planned anyway, and our 
>> protagonists get annoyed that people still have objections to it. 
> 
> Put yourself in my place. What would you do? Honest. Sometimes I find it 
> difficult to find the right mix of being honest, being technically 
> accurate, being polite, and not wasting too much time explaining myself.
> 
> Andrei

Ditto.

We know that the development of the D language is not a democratic process,
and that's fine. Really, it is. However, clear rationale for decisions made
would go a long way to helping reduce dissent, as would some
pre-announcements to avoid surprises. 

By the way, I appreciate that you guys are now closing off bugzilla issues
before the release of their fix implementation. It a good heads-up and
demonstrates activity in between releases. Well done.

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
skype: derek.j.parnell