I don’t want to hijack this thread (and started a new one on Scala governance to take any further discussion there), but I feel this statement needs a reply:
I think you’re over-interpreting this. I mean, Martin does not
have the final say here, the SIP committee does. Yes, he’s extremely influential in the process, but we’ve long since moved on from “everything Martin says is final”.
I don’t think that is entirely correct. The SIP submission process details:
For a SIP to be accepted, the following three requirements must be met:
- At least 50% of the committee members vote in favor.
- There are at least two-thirds “in favor” versus “against” votes.
- Martin Odersky does not veto it.