[phobos] proposal for new top level package name "experimental"

[David Simcha]

I'm basically in favor of this (I proposed a version of it) but how 
would it interact with the review process?  My suggestion is that an 
abbreviated review (maybe 1 week review, 2 day vote) is required to make 
sure a module isn't complete junk, duplication of functionality already 
in Phobos, etc. and get it in experimental.  Voting "yes" here means the 
voter believes the module has enough merit to be worth the author's 
effort to improve and the community's effort to review more thoroughly.  
It does not necessarily mean the module is up to Phobos standards 
as-is.  This also provides a procedure for filtering out modules with 
little potential, with minimal work on everyone's part.  The purpose of 
experimental is to conduct a more thorough review over the course of one 
or a few release cycles before accepting the module into std.  While a 
module is in experimental, breaking changes may be introduced at the 
drop of a hat.  This is the place for the module to be thoroughly refined.

At the end of every release cycle, we should have a vote.  For each 
module, a community member may vote:

1.  Accept into std.
2.  Keep in experimental.
3.  Reject, remove from experimental.

If a majority (not plurality) vote reject, the module is rejected.  If a 
majority (not plurality) vote accept, it's moved into std.  If a 
plurality (not necessarily majority) vote to keep it in experimental, it 
stays in experimental.

Overall, having the modules in review be bundled with DMD, ready to be 
used will lower the barrier to entry for people who are curious about 
them.  It's also a good way to organize the modules in review at any 
given time.

On 3/28/2011 8:05 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
> Called "experimental". Into this would go proposed new Phobos modules, 
> such that they will go out with dmd releases. Once they've been in use 
> for a while and prove themselves, then they can be moved into std (or 
> dropped).
>
> This was proposed in the n.g. and seems to be well received.
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