DMD 1.013 release

[Bill Baxter]

renoX wrote:
> BCS a écrit :
>> Reply to Bill,
>>
>>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>>
>>>> ricky wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I downloaded the 1.013 release but when i execute dmd.exe on a winxp
>>>>> commandline shell, it says it's version 1.010. Or am I missing
>>>>> something?
>>>>>
>>>> Use this download link:
>>>>
>>>> http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd.1.013.zip
>>>>
>>> This is Reason Number 1 why the handy dmd.zip link is a bad idea.
>>>
>>> <quote voice="Forrest Gump">
>>> My momma always said, "dmd.zip was like a box of chocolates. You
>>> never know what you're gonna get."
>>> </quote>
>>>
>>> --bb
>>>
>>
>> I think that dmd.zip == dmd.1.010.zip is not a mistake. the idea is 
>> that dmd.zip is a "last stable version" link.
> 
> Then it should be named as such dmd_stable.zip or something like that.
> 
> I agree that the dmd.zip is not a good idea.

That's not so useful either.  I've got a dmd_stable.zip sitting on my HD 
or file server that I downloaded a while ago.  I don't remember when. 
So is it the latest stable version or not?  The only way to know is to 
unzip it to a temp location, see what's inside.

Why not just make the link for dmd stable on the changelog directly 
point to dmd.1.010.zip, instead of a symlink to it?  Why deliberately 
throw away useful information?

--bb