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[Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole]

On 11/08/2024 5:50 AM, ryuukk_ wrote:
> On Saturday, 10 August 2024 at 12:42:29 UTC, Richard (Rikki) Andrew 
> Cattermole wrote:
>> On 11/08/2024 12:26 AM, IchorDev wrote:
>>>     Rikki should submit a PR, make it available trhought a -preview, and
>>>     we move on, at some point we vote and we see how it goes, just like
>>>     Walter did for bitfields preview
>>>
>>> I think Walter would likely block such a PR. Bitfields can get in 
>>> that way because it’s Walter’s thing, this is different.
>>
>> Until I get the go ahead, given his strong opinions in the past, that 
>> is my current assumption.
> 
> Why are people scared of walter? he won't eat you, i can't tell you what 
> you should be doing, but don't let anybody hold you back, push harder, 
> make it a -preview flag

I'm not scared of him, also this isn't something you'd put under a 
preview flag.

> Many people voiced their positive opinion, we'll back you
> 
> Too many things are happening in closed doors, it's sad

That's not what is going on here.

I asked Walter to look into it and get back to me 2 months ago at the 
monthly meeting and prepared the materials he requested.

He has been on the backend, a very different subject matter so I haven't 
been wanting to force it.

I also know he has strong opinions about it, which offsets my desire to 
waste my time on something he'll likely want to say no to.

However, it's clear to me that I'm wasting my time in not doing it.

I have no guarantees about if I can get to it in the next two weeks. The 
next two weeks is going to be spent on escape analysis, as we're looking 
at replacing it.