Standard Library Concerns (Phobos / Tango)

[Tim Burrell]

Michel Fortin wrote:
> Personally, I'd prefer to see Phobos kept as the standard library and 
> improved technically to the level Tango is at now.

The problem is, you can't keep Phobos and have it improved technically.
 It's just not going to happen, that's the whole reason this thread was
started!

Walter isn't doing his job when it comes to maintaining Phobos, and he
isn't opening it up to the contributors who are willing to help!

Also, there's _already_ an existing compatibility layer for Tango that
allows you to use the Phobos API with the quality of Tango.

I think we'd all prefer to see Phobos improved technically, but it's
just not happening.  And fact is, we have a dedicated team who have put
together a quality library, that has a full implementation of Phobos
built on top of it (which is also more efficient than Phobos).

That being said, most people do prefer the Tango API over Phobos, so if
the majority of the D community is saying "let's do this!", and given
that there's really no reason not to (ie people who like Phobos can
still use Phobos), AND given that Walter has proven he's not interested
in doing a proper job at maintaining Phobos, it just doesn't make sense
to keep it around.

Tim.