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No it's not. Someone who is a former core maintainer likely has better perspective on what belongs or doesn't than 99% of the community. There's a reason most s
by voidfunc 5y ago
No it's not. Someone who is a former core maintainer likely has better perspective on what belongs or doesn't than 99% of the community. There's a reason most stdlib and language decisions in Go are run through an extremely small cabal of people.
- owaislone 5y agoI think what OP is trying to say is that the merit of a given feature alone should determine whether it goes into the stdlib or not and author's reputation should not result in something being merged that wouldn't otherwise.
- scns 5y agoWell, your sentence contains the word should two times. To me, this indicates a wish that differs from reality.
- pstuart 5y agoOf course it should have merit, and it does. I invoked the author's reputation in that he previously had both contributed and determined merit -- his opinion carries far more weight than any random gopher.