DIP 1028--Make @safe the Default--Formal Assessment

[Paul Backus]

On Thursday, 21 May 2020 at 17:03:49 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
> The problem as I see it is someone making a decision on his own 
> DIP. That just doesn't make any sense to me, and I've stated 
> that numerous times. Walter has a tendency to throw gas on the 
> fire by ignoring much of the feedback and not spending time to 
> understand the points others are making when he does respond. I 
> really think you should have to convince *someone else* that 
> your proposal is reasonable.

In principle, at least, this is why we have two "language 
maintainers," Walter and Atila (previously, Walter and Andrei).

I think the real problem here is the lack of communication. As it 
stands, we have no way to tell whether feedback was considered or 
ignored, or what the ultimate rationale behind this decision 
was--we can only speculate. Even if we suppose for the sake of 
argument that the decision is sound on a technical level, this is 
poor leadership, and bodes ill for the future of the D language 
and its community.