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

[bachmeier]

On Thursday, 21 May 2020 at 17:49:27 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
> 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).

There's a big difference between being part of a three-person 
committee discussing a proposal by Walter and working together 
with Walter to make a decision on his own proposal. It's 
certainly doesn't pass the smell test.