The forked elephant in the room

[Dibyendu Majumdar]

On Thursday, 18 January 2024 at 04:57:36 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
> On Thursday, 18 January 2024 at 02:51:06 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
>> Respect and professionalism is a two-way street. I've seen 
>> some of these interactions up close and I can tell you it is 
>> not in anyway 100% Walter/Andrei/Atila's fault. There's plenty 
>> of blame to go around. [...]
>>
>> Yes, the DLF needs to find ways to prevent contributors from 
>> feeling disrespected, ignored, undervalued, and all of that, 
>> and we need to find ways to help them overcome those feelings 
>> if they do arise. But please, let's also remember that 
>> everyone on the DLF team is just as human as the contributors. 
>> We deserve the same respect and professionalism as everyone 
>> else.
>
> I agree completely. I think the DLF has a great opportunity to 
> lead by example here, but regardless, someone else's poor 
> behavior is never an excuse for one's own.
>

As a bystander here I have never observed anything good example 
from the D core team, so not sure what you are talking about. All 
the disrespect, vitriol seems to come from so called 
contributors. If it was me, they would just be kicked out if the 
attacks were personal and disrespectful.