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On Monday, 30 May 2022 at 03:41:24 UTC, Ali wrote:
>https://forum.dlang.org/post/axslxubumvtrudpjfpng@forum.dlang.org
I think its really bad, that this is the most active topic on the forum
use a better forum sotware and moderate
and when topics like this get too active just close the thread
and archive it
D have a small community
these topics really drain the energy of the D community
If a new forum is not an option (which i think it isnt)
maybe let the forum run dry (i.e. dont reply, at least not to threads like this one),
and switch to discord or slack
If there were another venue to have this discussion, then I think the forum wouldn't have 90 page long discussions about it. If people had some way they felt they could contribute to a future they want, most of them would not complain about it. Honestly, I feel like maybe it's time to fork dlang and make a more stable language so people can have the future they want with easy-to-find quality libraries, good documentation and proper development tools.
Otherwise, if the community does not want to fragment into the feature hunters and the permanent settlement types, we could have a constitutional convention of sorts and decide what the problems are, what the solutions are and organize into teams to work on them. I don't even think it would be that hard to make 80 of the 90 pages of that thread obsolete.
I raised sheep and when you're on a smaller pasture, it's much easier to create an environment where the sheep go where you want, do what you want and want to come to you to be sheared, etc. It's the same with people. You can say "I'm going to shut down all dissent" and that will work, but it will be so much more work than giving people the tools to solve their own problems.