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

[rikki cattermole]

On 28/05/2020 12:33 AM, aberba wrote:
> On Thursday, 21 May 2020 at 18:36:51 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
>> On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 05:49:27PM +0000, Paul Backus via 
>> Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: [...]
> 
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>>> 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.
>>
>> D excels at the technical aspects, but time and time again has shown 
>> that it lacks proper management / leadership.  Contrary to my own 
>> inclinations I'm compelled to suggest hiring a *non-technical* person 
>> to take up the management/leadership roles (emphatically 
>> non-technical, because let's face it, we techies just don't have the 
>> people skillz it takes to do this properly), because the current 
>> situation clearly isn't working, and is quite detrimental to D and its 
>> future.
>>
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>> T
> 
> Ha ha. I tried suggesting something like this some yrs ago as I saw it 
> happen and deadalnix bashed me like crazy. Didn't articulate it as well 
> as you just did though. This needs to happen.

I've been saying since 2012 that we need a project manager to help with 
communication.

Mike has taken on parts of this role and has done quite a good job of it.