D 1.0 for Jan 1, 2007

[Brad Roberts]

Walter Bright wrote:
> We'll release it one way or another Jan 1. And then we'll move on!

Assuming that Jan 1 is a target date for dmd, it'd be really really nice 
for dgcc to have a nearly simultaneous release.  I have been and 
continue to be interested / willing to help, but all my past efforts at 
merging dmd into dgcc have been wasted effort.

David, how can the community help you work on dgcc effectively?  You've 
personally re-done the merges that others have done.  There's a huge set 
of people that want to see dgcc kept current and to expand it's 
currently supported set of platforms.  What needs to be done to make 
that community capable of actually getting changes submitted?

You obviously don't have the personal bandwidth to stay super up to 
date, and that's not a failing, it's a reality.  No one wants to fork 
dgcc, but the current single point of failure / bottlenecks is a weak 
point in keeping dgcc progressing at the pace that D progresses.

Thoughts?

Thanks,
Brad