On Fri, Feb 02, 2018 at 07:08:47PM +0000, Russel Winder wrote: > On Fri, 2018-02-02 at 10:17 -0800, H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d wrote: > […] > > It has, to some extent. But the fundamental problem remains that > > more manpower is needed so that he can be freed up to do the more > > important things. Having to personally review all new public > > symbols added to Phobos, for example, just doesn't seem scalable in > > the long run. But, as Andrei himself said, the last time he left > > that decision to somebody else, there was a noticeable deterioration > > in the quality of code in Phobos. So we need not only more > > manpower, but also more *trusted* manpower; people who share the > > same views as Andrei, whom he can trust to make the right decisions > > without his intervention. > > Hummm… could it be that Andrei did not define the task appropriately, > train the person appropriately, and mentor the person appropriately. > > Management has to be able to delegate and achieve required results > without doing the work themselves. [...]
Exactly. Tech people like us tend to shy away from this sort of thing, but it's clearly something sorely needed here. T -- Verbing weirds language. -- Calvin (& Hobbes)