• Brian Schott (11/11) Jul 07 2014 Whet is the list of people who are able to add the "preapproved"
• Andrei Alexandrescu (3/13) Jul 07 2014 It's a fuzzy list. I'd say Walter and I are necessary but not sufficient...

"Brian Schott" <briancschott gmail.com> writes:

Whet is the list of people who are able to add the "preapproved" 
keyword in Bugzilla? I.e. if we need a yes/no decision on a 
language change that can break people's code, how does one 
actually go about "making it happen" (as Walter phrased it in 
another thread)?

We have a decision making process in place for additions to the 
standard library, but not one for language changes. I'd like to 
be able to get a "this is a good idea" or "this is a bad idea" 
from somebody with decision making authority before I sink the 
dozens of hours into implementing a compiler change, testing it, 
and creating an automated upgrade tool.

Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:

On 7/7/14, 10:20 AM, Brian Schott wrote:
 Whet is the list of people who are able to add the "preapproved" keyword
 in Bugzilla? I.e. if we need a yes/no decision on a language change that
 can break people's code, how does one actually go about "making it
 happen" (as Walter phrased it in another thread)?

 We have a decision making process in place for additions to the standard
 library, but not one for language changes. I'd like to be able to get a
 "this is a good idea" or "this is a bad idea" from somebody with
 decision making authority before I sink the dozens of hours into
 implementing a compiler change, testing it, and creating an automated
 upgrade tool.

It's a fuzzy list. I'd say Walter and I are necessary but not sufficient 
to guarantee a feature change/addition. -- Andrei