Dicebot on leaving D: It is anarchy driven development in all its glory.

Joakim dlang at joakim.fea.st
Thu Aug 23 18:35:33 UTC 2018


On Thursday, 23 August 2018 at 18:27:27 UTC, Abdulhaq wrote:
> On Thursday, 23 August 2018 at 09:51:43 UTC, rikki cattermole 
> wrote:
>>> Good luck getting W&A to agree to it, especially when there 
>>> is yet another "critical D opportunity" on the table ;)
>>
>> No. They have power for as long as we the community say that 
>> they do.
>> We are at the point where they need a check and balance to 
>> keep everybody going smoothly. And I do hope that they listen 
>> to us before somebody decides its forkin' time.
>
> No fork of D can be successful, it won't have the manpower, 
> skills or willpower to draw on. Even with W and A it's already 
> short.
>
> 'Threatening' W and A with a fork is an empty threat that just 
> p***es them off. Bad move on your part.

Agreed, W&A's "power" is that they have done or are doing much of 
the work and that enough people trust they're better at how they 
work than those forking. That would be a very high bar for any 
forking team to surpass.


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