On Tuesday, 20 June 2017 at 07:51:47 UTC, Mike wrote:
3. Many of the veterans in the D community support the current
dependency the runtime has on C standard library bindings,
stating that they are required (which is not true).
Furthermore, they want to make the problem worse by adding C++
standard library bindings as well.
The C++ bindings should be opt-in..
I submitted pull request to begin moving these bindings to
Deimos, and make the dependencies private for individual
platforms' ports, but only encountered resistance and
misunderstanding.
4. The D gatekeepers have become very averse to anything that
would cause too much disruption, making me believe that the
fundamental changes that are needed to make microcontroller
programming in D a reality will never be accepted.
Hmm, I would definitely recommend to submit a DIP about the
proposed changes. "Unfortunately" D is so big now that changes
need to be carefully evaluated. Providing such an analysis in a
DIP, will vastly help your cause!
5. Too many pull requests sit in "purgatory" for way too long
without any progress. I believe that trying to move my changes
forward would be an uphill battle, and ultimately not worth the
frustration.
That's a problem about missing reviewers. However, usually
reviewing other work will help a lot to speed up your PRs and
also you shouldn't be afraid to ping your PRs from time to time!
