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On Thursday, 16 June 2016 at 13:56:26 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
wrote:
> And there is a further problem -- Walter and Andrei are 
> gatekeepers, but are stretched incredibly thin.

Having had some time to think about all it now, I believe this 
was my actual problem.

When I started working on this, I was new to the D project and, 
based on following the GitHub discussions and observing the 
voting and review process for `std.logger` and `std.ndslice`, I 
believed that the acceptance process for Phobos was somewhat 
democratic: the more people who approved of a design, the more 
likely it would be accepted (with, of course, substantially more 
weight placed on the opinions of the leadership, who at the time 
I identified more or less as, "those with merge rights").

Having seen the outcome of the recent auto-decoding discussion, 
and the way that this review effectively ended abruptly the 
moment that Andrei Alexandrescu decided that he didn't like my 
design for `checkedint` - despite a number of other people 
earlier speaking positively of it - I now perceive that the 
democratic aspects of the Phobos process are essentially advisory 
in nature, with little-to-no real authority attached to them.

I do not intend this as a criticism, as I am not a stickler for 
democracy. I do think this should be communicated clearly to 
future new contributors, though, to avoid confusion. (Keep in 
mind that I joined the project before the "all new Phobos symbols 
must be approved by Andrei" rule was announced.)

Anyway, I think I see things from Andrei's perspective now, and 
would like to apologize for taking offense, now that I understand 
his role better.

I will, however, be ending my participation in the D development 
process, as I am not personally interested in working in an 
environment where everything I do needs pre-approval from someone 
with his opinions and leadership style (this is not specifically 
about `checkedint`) - especially since he seems too busy to 
effectively manage more contributors using the current system, 
anyway.

I will continue to be available for follow-up on the work I have 
already done, and will try to finish at least some of my current 
pending pull requests. I wish D well, and may still post on the 
forums once in a while.