We are forking D

[Lance Bachmeier]

On Tuesday, 9 January 2024 at 19:19:51 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:

> And this is where we have trouble: Walter and Andrei are 
> technical geniuses, but the way they interact with the 
> community is, how do I put it, lackluster.  This thread is a 
> prime example: when confronted with a full-out fork of the 
> project, any manager in charge would at least be, to put it 
> mildly, *somewhat* concerned, and at least try to engage with 
> the issues being presented, even if it is to disagree.  
> However, here we have dead silence on the core dispute and 
> instead lots of activity on a tangential technical issue.  OT1H 
> it shows where Walter's strength is -- grappling with technical 
> issues -- but OTOH it also leaves a lot to be desired on the 
> management side of things.

I'll point out that there's a third leader that nobody's 
expecting to interact with the community. To the point that 
nobody's even bringing him up or asking why he doesn't respond to 
the fork. He's also strong technically, but interacting with 
random people and building a community are not exactly his strong 
suit. I think the problems run deeper than Walter being slow to 
give feedback or being conservative about accepting language 
additions.