On 5 July 2017 at 12:37, bitwise via Digitalmars-d < digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, 4 July 2017 at 04:49:29 UTC, Manu wrote: > >> My feeling is, having 2 very similar plugins is confusing to potential >> users, and it undermines user confidence. Ie, users have the feeling that >> they're competing hacky things maintained by some guy, rather than >> something that's more 'official' with consolidated community support. >> > > I have to disagree with this. When I search for plugins and see a wide > selection of completing products, it tells me that the language has a > healthy ecosystem, with a lot of interested users. This in turn gives me > faith in the language, and it's future, and makes me more comfortable > investing time in it. I'm much more likely to forgive the bugs I find on > the grounds that they will most likely be fixed. > > On the other hand, if there was only one plugin, and it was the "official" > plugin, branded with "D Language Foundation" or "Digital Mars", this would > paint a different, yet also positive picture for me. > I'm glad we can agree on that second point :) On the former point; I personally can sympathise with that opinion only in the context of being a nerd. It is my experience that most professional programmers I've ever worked with are NOT nerds, they are just people who have a job. Most people aren't interested in 'ecosystem health', they are interested in authority, and intend/prefer to conform with the accepted standards. The worst thing they can see is a 'vibrant' ecosystem. It looks like 'linux nonsense' to these people.