D and open development model

[Leandro Lucarella]

Andrei Alexandrescu, el 15 de octubre a las 17:01 me escribiste:
> Leandro Lucarella wrote:
> >Hi, I'm sorry to spam here with self references, but I don't know if
> >Walter and other D developers read Planet D, and I really appreciate if
> >they could read this blog post:
> >
> >D and open development model: http://llucax.com.ar/blog/blog/post/6cac01e1
> >
> >This tries to be a constructive criticism and a recognition to the
> >advances made in the last year(s?). I was about to write it directly to
> >the D group but I thought it could hit a more wider audience as a blog
> >post, and it could attract some people that had left D because of its
> >closeness.
> >
> >I hope you find it useful.
> 
> Nice! Mea culpa for the all-too-brief release notes. Now that I know
> people are looking, I'll beef them up.

Thanks =)

Mea culpa for waiting too long to ask for it ;)

> One thing - "D2 should be release fairly soon because Andrei is
> writing a book that has a deadline and the language has to be
> finalized by the time the book is published." Well that's not quite
> it happened historically. The impinging release of D2 was conceived
> to occur concurrently with, not determined by, the book. If I could,
> I'd probably choose to not have a deadline either but that's not how
> book publishing works.

I know, I was just trying to inform people not involved in D how things
are now. I understand the book situation and I know is a tricky one,
because having a book is another *huge* step to let D hit mainstream. So
I agree is a compromise one have to make.

> As far as commit notification goes, no later than yesterday I asked
> Brad Anderson about automated emails. He said he's a bit strapped
> for time, but will arrange soon such that Phobos commits are emailed
> to an address on my server. I'll create a mailing list open to
> anyone interested.

That's very nice to hear! Thanks.

> Thanks for a nice article.

No problem, it's good to know that it was appreciated.

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