DMD 1.032 and 2.016 releases

[Robert Fraser]

Steven Schveighoffer Wrote:

> "Robert Fraser" wrote
> > Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> >> No, Tango devs will be debugging it.  Hell, let them do the work with a 
> >> pre-release compiler.  I'll volunteer to do it.  If they determine it is 
> >> a DMD bug, they give you a minimal case, and then you go back and fix it, 
> >> or you determine that it can't be fixed for this release (with 
> >> appropriate bugzilla entry logged).
> >
> > This is a bad idea. Why not just release it and let the whole community 
> > test it? After all, there is a "stable" version of the 1.x branch, the 
> > newer releases are all possibly breaking.
> 
> Tango is 1.x only.  It is the new releases in the stable branch (e.g. 1.032) 
> that break Tango.  When a new release in a stable branch breaks something, 
> it's by definition, not stable :)
> 
> For 2.x, I agree, because it's not a release anyways.  It's just a 
> pre-release until 2.x is blessed.
> 
> -Steve 

That. It can be said that everything released is a "pre-release" until one of
them is stable enough to make it to the download page. This way,
everyone who is active can continue testing their projects & reporting
regressions, not only a few people considered special.