@safe/DIP1028 explained in meme form

[Bruce Carneal]

On Thursday, 28 May 2020 at 17:52:41 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> On Thursday, 28 May 2020 at 17:46:13 UTC, Johannes Loher wrote:
>
>> So the fact that the decision is made by Walter and Atila only 
>> is not part of the process? If that’s the point of view, ok, 
>> the process does not need any change. But at least parts of 
>> the community request a change regarding this fact (I am not 
>> saying that this request is right or wrong, I am just stating 
>> that it exists).
>
> From the README in the DIP repository:
> https://github.com/dlang/DIPs
>
> "Each DIP is steered through a process of public review by the 
> DIP manager. Each stage of the process is intended to prepare 
> the DIP for its ultimate evaluation by the language maintainers 
> (Walter Bright and Átila Neves)."
>
> This is how I've always defined the "process". Once it's in the 
> maintainers' hands, the "process" is finished and the decision 
> making gets underway. So yes, I want to make clear when people 
> claim "the DIP process is broken" that no, it is not as far as 
> I can see.

Well, the DIP is not finally resolved until the decision is made 
so it's reasonable to assume that most would believe that the 
"DIP process" includes the decision making.

Whatever label we put on it, the community is ill served when the 
number of nominally impartial reviewers goes from two to one.